Hillevi Anne Peterson
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illevi Anne Peterson is a mother, wife, teacher, singer/songwriter, actress, writer, and a lifelong learner and adventurer. She holds a
illevi Anne Peterson is a mother, wife, teacher, singer/
Masters in Teaching Literature and Communications from Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota and additional degrees in Commuications and Media Studies, Visual Communication Technologies, and Music.
Born into a performing arts family, Hillevi donned ballet shoes at five, began
piano at eight and got her first guitar at 12. But it was the church choir at St.
Andrew’s Episcopal Church that gave her voice wings. After losing her mom to
Leukemia at age nine, music became a place for childhood grief when she sang.
That Christmas, one of the parishoners gave Hillevi a copy of The Lion, the
Witch, and the Wardrobe — a book that began her lifelong journey desiring the
mystery of Christ and celebrating Him through the arts.
Hillevi is married to Derry Drayton Hirsch and is the mother of five creative adult children. In January of 2009, the dream of living in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado came alive. They reside at an elevation of 9400 feet in the Pikes Peak National Forest in a home they call Middle Earth.
songwriter, actress, writer, and a lifelong learner and adventurer. She holds a Masters in Teaching Literature and Communications from Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota and
additional degrees in Commuications and Media Studies, Visual Communication Technologies, and Music.
Born into a performing arts family, Hillevi donned ballet shoes at five, began piano at eight and got her first guitar at 12. But it was the church choir at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church that gave her voice wings. After losing her mom to Leukemia at age nine, music became a place for childhood grief when she sang. That Christmas, one of the parishoners gave Hillevi a copy of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe — a book that began her lifelong journey desiring the mystery of Christ and celebrating Him through the arts.
Hillevi is married to Derry Drayton Hirsch and is the mother of five creative adult children. In January of 2009, the dream of living in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado came alive. They reside at an elevation of 9400 feet in the Pikes Peak National Forest in a home they call Middle Earth.
