About Us

Adria Bee, also known as Adria Brooke McCardy, MA, has a master’s degree in Interpersonal Communication. She is the Co-founder and Creative Director of Color Me Reading Books. She has a great love for people, her family, faith, friends and her home country (The Bahamas). Her goal is to inspire love and positivity to everyone she encounters. She lives by the late Maya Angelou’s quote, “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Kristi Collie, also known as Krissy Lee, M.Eng., has a master’s degree in Information Engineering and Management. She is the Co-Founder and Technical Director of Color Me Reading Books. As a mom of three boys, Kristi brings creativity, passion, and a wealth of hands-on experience to the Color Me Reading experience. She is a natural problem-solver, analytical thinker, and multitasker who believes in the power of storytelling, education, and the arts to inspire, empower, and transform lives.  

Hope, the mother of Brooke & Lee, directs the Email Prayer Garden Ministry at Grace Community Church in beautiful Nassau, Bahamas. She is a science teacher by profession who has spent the last thirty-five years as a homeschooling mom and homemaker. She is an avid journaler. Hope has also written three Praying God’s Wisdom prayer books for women and co-authored several Color Me Reading Books children’s books. She has been married to her husband, Cardinal, for 40 years, and they have four adult children, two sons-in-love, three grandsons and one granddaughter.

Lisa is the director of the Joshua Generation (JG Kids) children’s ministry at the Most Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Nassau, Bahamas. She has coordinated and directed Vacation Bible School for more than twenty years and has written five of their VBS curricula. A self-declared creative soul and island girl, Lisa is certified as an Interior Design and Staging professional. She has been married to Antoine Bastian for thirty-two years, and they have three adult children and one son-in-law. Lisa is also Brooke & Lee’s cousin.

Theo is chock-full of creative juices. This artistic quality is readily displayed in his unique and gifted editing skills. He also brings similar talent to assist with the music production of our very own original songs. Theo is married to Brooke & Lee’s sister, Nicole, and has a beautiful daughter.

Rashad is what we would term “a Jack-of-all-Trades.” He is always willing to help in any way he can (editing audio, making shorts, etc.). In addition, his computer-tech mind makes him particularly skilled at managing our CMR YouTube Channel in creative and innovative ways. Rashad is Brooke & Lee’s only brother.