Kerry Harrigan was born in Brooklyn, NY. Upon graduation from Saint John's University with a B.S. in Education, she married Army Lt. Paul Baerman. For 26 years she lived as a military wife and mother in a myriad of assignments all over the world. Upon her husband's retirement from the military, she relocated to Colorado. Her life is spent volunteering in many diverse ways in her church and community. Her great joy is all the children in her life from her own children and grandchildren to those in the community.