Staff Sergeant Verlene Faust is originally from Homestead, Florida. In May 2023 she earned a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Florida Atlantic University. Before joining the Soldier's Chorus in September 2023, she was a 2018 Merit Winner in the Singer/Songwriter division of the National YoungArts Foundation. In 2021, she was a first-round winner of the Classical Singer competition and was selected a winner of the Certified Artist Award. She was selected to represent the Birmingham Chapter for the Shirley Rabb Winston Scholarship in Classical voice for the National Selection and played the role of Serpina in the FAU Opera Workshop's Production of La Serva Padrona. In her free time she enjoys biking nature trails, playing guitar, crocheting, and cooking.