Author Vera Murrell-Isom comes from what is called humble beginnings of a working-class family, with parents who had elementary level education, worked as migrant farm workers, and were true believers of the Word of God. Her parents instilled in their seven children the essence of higher education, being hard workers to be somebody, and faith in God. as their third oldest child and oldest daughter of seven siblings, she has given the name of her maternal grandmother, Vera Mortimer, (her grandfather was Harry Mortimer). Her maternal grandparents were Bahamian (Nassau). Her paternal grandparents were natives of a small town in Georgia where her grandfather was a sharecropper. Her father was the youngest son of seventeen siblings. Her paternal grandmother lived to be 105 years old. So, she is a product of "good seeds" sowed. She grew up in a small town in Manatee County and graduated with a Palmetto education degree at the University of South Florida Sarasota/Tampa in 2004. She is an elementary second-grade teacher now for over fifteen years. She is blessed to be married to her husband, Jerome. She has three adult children and seven grandchildren. She is a dedicated servant and teacher at work and church. She attends Holy Christian Church, Inc. in St. Petersburg, Florida.