Ingrid Hanson-Popp holds a master's degree in piano performance from Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois. Becoming an Orphan is her second book, which she was inspired to write after interacting with audience members during lectures about her first book, Cellophane Farm. Ingrid resides in Waterford, Wisconsin, with her husband, David Popp. She also runs her own creative media company Dropped Pencil, LLC, whose mission is ?making the arts personal.?