Becky attended Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she also played with the Charlotte Symphony. A classical violinist, Becky has since played with the Atlanta Chamber Orchestra, the Atlanta Opera, Atlanta Ballet, and has given numerous solo recitals around the country. Becky is married to John Douglas, a corporate banking attorney with Davis Polk & Wardwell LLC in New York. Becky and John are the parents of ten children. John’s and Becky’s oldest daughter, Amber, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of seventeen. After eight years of struggling, Amber finally gave up, and in Feb, 2000, she took her own life. Becky was devastated. Amber was in college at the time. In going through Amber’s things, John and Becky were surprised to learn that Amber had been sending part of the money they sent her for college expenses each month, to help an orphanage in India. In lieu of flowers for Amber’s funeral, they suggested that concerned friends send donations to this orphanage. People were very generous. Enough money was sent in that the orphanage asked Becky to join their board of directors, and Becky decided to travel to India to learn more. When she got there, she was pleased to learn that the orphanage was well-kept. However, the leprosy-afflicted beggars on the street seemed to swarm her car at every stop light, and their suffering was so severe it seemed almost palpable. Becky could hardly bring herself to look at them. When she returned from India, she gathered three friends around her kitchen table and formed Rising Star Outreach. Their mission, as it was originally defined, was to provide loving homes and much needed educational opportunities for some of the needy children in India. The first official Rising Star Outreach children's home was rented and opened in April of 2004 with 27 children from the leprosy colonies. Today, Rising Star Outreach own 13.5 acres of beautiful forest land on which they educate approximately 200 children in the Peery School and Marriott Children’s Homes. Through the efforts of micro-lending and Padma Venkataraman, Rising Star Outreach now works in 44 leprosy colonies helping more than 20,000 people. They have also recently joined the Mithra National Forum, a coalition of NGOs which will reach out nationally to leprosy colonies throughout India. Becky has been recognized in many local and nationwide publications. In 2008 she was awarded “Classic Woman of the Year” by Traditional Home Magazine. Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasting Net- work awarded her the 2009 John Houston Allen Humanitarian Award for her work with Rising Star Outreach in helping the leprosy-affected in Southern India. Together with Padma Venkatarman, she was the subject of the PBS Documentary “Breaking the Curse” which won the 2007 Gracie Award for Best Full-Length Documentary of the Year. Becky travels all over the US educating and enlightening communities about leprosy and the need in breaking the destructive cycle of stigma and begging.