Habakkuk is 16 years old and was born and raised in St.Louis, Missouri. She has lived in St. Louis her whole life. She attends Christian Academy of Greater St.Louis, and is currently a Junior. She sits on the Youth Advisory Board at the 9 Network of Public Media and is in the Washington University College Prep Program. She loves to volunteer and help her community. She is one of the youth leaders at the St.Louis Dream Centers. She believes that people should be the change they want to see in the world. When she is not busy with school or extracurricular activities, she can be found with a book or at one of her little brother sports games – she is their biggest fan.