Donna Gielow McFarland received a B.Mus. in Piano Performance from Wheaton College and an M.Mus. in Piano Pedagogy from the University of Oregon. Along with teaching piano lessons to children and adults, she teaches music classes at Northwest Christian University. Donna published several original piano compositions and arrangements with The Lorenz Company. She also writes stories for children and textbooks for music theory and class piano. Donna lives in Oregon with her husband and son.