Author and speaker Kris Rystrom Emmert impacts readers and audiences with her powerful message of enduring unspeakable tragedy and discovering unshakeable hope. With a contagious zest for life, Kris weaves her story of loss into a life changing encounter that inspires others to experience their own healing and to uncover their God-given destiny. Kris has a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Wake Forest University and a Masters in Communication from Regent University. Kris is a highly skilled public speaker combining her extensive education, real-life media experience, talents as a senior leader in Premier Designes, inc., years of being a professor at various higher-education institutions, and her multiple motivational presentations before thousands of people. Kris is a first-time author, pastor's wife, former Navy widow, mom to four children and grandmother. Kris is ultimately a down-to-earth woman who loves her family and lives life to the fullest in East Tennessee.