彭蒙惠老師1926年出生於美國西雅圖，12歲時決志到中國傳福音，放棄了紐約音樂學院獎學金、離別父母家鄉、割捨愛情、放下高薪、捨棄舒適的生活，不顧惜自己的身家性命。1948年在國共內戰最激烈的時刻來到上海，年僅22歲的異國女孩在烽火連天時，一路逃難還不忘一邊傳福音。作為一個年輕的宣教士，她向上帝求的是甚麼？所羅門王求智慧，她向上帝求的是「愛」。上帝回應她的禱告，賜給她的愛和包容遠超過一般人的量度。

1951年輾轉來臺，她義無反顧選擇當時沒有人想去、亟缺宣教士的花蓮服務原住民。她在花蓮美崙落腳，進入玉山神學院教音樂，成立了一個小小教會，及一個只有9位小朋友的主日學。彭老師學習簡單的原住民語言，拉近了與原住民的距離。部落也把彭老師當成自己人，為她取了一個原住民名字：利百加 Libeckdoman），意為山谷裡的百合花。騎著腳踏車到處在花蓮傳福音的日子，彭老師發現當時台灣家家戶戶都有收音機，於是想到用媒體來傳福音。同時她也看到台灣人的需要，當時二戰後，資源、環境沒那麼好，很多美國顧問團，很多國際團來幫助台灣。台灣人因為語言不通無法跟國際人士溝通，因此決心開始推廣英語教育，協助台灣社會與國際接軌。

1958年，為了方便來賓參與廣播節目錄製，彭蒙惠搬遷至交通較為方便的台中，1960年遷移至台北，成立「救世傳播協會」，1962年，為提升台灣人的英語程度能進入國際化社會，獲復興電台委託製作英語教學節目，於是「空中英語教室」廣播教學節目開播，節目一開播即造成轟動，紛紛要求提供講義，於是「空中英語教室」從單張雙面印刷，一份一元的講義，到1974年彩色雜誌出版。陸續推出《空中英語教室》、《大家說英語》、《彭蒙惠英語》等不同英語程度的雜誌，成為華人世界英語教育的必讀教材，並因應時代發展出廣播、電視、網路及數位載具等多媒體工具，屢次入圍並獲文化部金鼎獎肯定。 許多人盛讚彭老師是台灣經濟成長背後的大功臣，在台灣邁向工業化、國際化的過程中功不可沒。

1963年她創辦「天韻合唱團」，是台灣第一支由基督徒組成的音樂團體，宣教足跡遍及五大洲三十六個國家，積極的向各地華人傳福音，使全世界看見台灣。「天韻合唱團」不只是傳福音，更是彭老師愛台灣的表現，她積極鼓勵台灣人唱出屬於自己的歌、屬於自己的創作。後來「天韻」的創作在海內外華人基督教界影響深遠，數度獲文化部金曲獎肯定。彭老師得到全球肯定，不只連結了教育界、音樂界、教會界，更連結了全世界。她總是非常謙卑的表示，只是單純回應上帝的呼召。她說：「如果沒有愛，耀眼的學歷跟教學法，都是枉然。」

彭老師關心每個台灣人，對台灣偏鄉兒童的關懷更不遺餘力！1951年她在花蓮帶兒童主日學，帶原民孩子讀經禱告、組兒童合唱團。1952年舉辦全台第一個青年福音夏令營。許多她的學生因此信主，許多人後來成為傳道人。1966年迄今，「天韻合唱團」與「空中英語教室」以音樂與英語教學為媒介走入人群，巡迴全台各大城市舉辦「聖誕音樂會」、「校園雙語品格營」，將正面價值觀及福音的種籽，散播到全台灣。她參與許多公益活動，支持奉獻後輩宣教士及遠方的宣教機構的需求。她說：「愛的行動是活出來的，不是說出來的。」

彭老師對花蓮、偏鄉部落懷有無法割捨的感情，1999年開始於偏鄉舉辦英語夏令營，用英語教育及品格教育，激發偏鄉孩子學習興趣，建立正確的價值觀與人生觀。2014年正式啟動「偏鄉英語教育公益計劃」，開發為國小學童學習情境設計的《Lucy Says創意英語教材》，用遊戲互動的方式，鼓勵孩子勇敢開口說英語。2015年起，全台逾百個偏鄉課輔班和小學，曾使用《Lucy Says創意英語教材》。她總是心心念念偏鄉兒童的英語教育，逢人就提出英語教育的重要性。

彭老師 :「心在哪裡，家就在哪裡，而我的心在這，台灣就是我的家。」她在台灣服事70多年，堅守在這塊土地上，播撒福音的種子。盼望更多的華人不但成為一生的朋友，更能同為天父的兒女，拿到天國的護照。最愛吹奏經典名曲Down from His Glory(從榮耀降臨)，藉著悠揚的音樂訴說上帝的愛，她經常說：「我真正渴望的，當我見主面的時候，能夠聽到祂對我說，妳這又忠心又良善的僕人！」

Doris Brougham was born on August 5, 1926, in Seattle, Washington, USA. At the age of 12, she decided to commit her life to sharing God’s love in China. She gave up a scholarship to the New York Conservatory of Music, left her parents and hometown, and boarded a steamer ship for China in 1948, at the height of the Chinese Civil War. She arrived in Shanghai at 22 years old, and continued to share the Gospel everywhere she went while fleeing war zones. As a young missionary, what did she ask of God? King Solomon asked for wisdom, Brougham asked God for love. God answered her prayer, granting her a love and tolerance for people far beyond what is ordinary.

In 1951, after much hardship, she moved to Taiwan. She chose to serve in Hualien, the forgotten east Coast of Taiwan where no missionaries had wanted to go. She settled in Hualien’s Meilun, and began teaching music at Yushan Theological Seminary. She established a small church and a Sunday school with just nine children. Brougham learned how to communicate using the local indigenous language, Atayal, which helped her connect with the indigenous people. They embraced her as one of their own, giving her the indigenous name "Libeck Doman," meaning "Lily of the Valley." While riding her bicycle on the streets of Hualien, she noticed that every household had a radio. This inspired her to use media to spread the Gospel. She also recognized the needs of the Taiwanese people. After World War II, resources were scarce, and many American and international groups came to help Taiwan. However, language barriers made communication difficult for the Taiwanese, so she decided to jump into English education to help Taiwan connect with the world.

In 1958, to facilitate guest participation in radio program recordings, Peng Brougham moved to the city of Taichung, then later moved to Taipei in 1960 and founded the Chinese Salvation Broadcasting Association, later renamed Overseas Radio & Television, Inc (ORTV). In 1962, to raise the English proficiency of Taiwanese people and help them engage with the international community, she was asked by Fushing Radio to produce an English teaching program. Thus, Brougham launched a radio English teaching program called Studio Classroom. This program was a huge success. Many people called in asking for teaching notes. The teaching notes evolved from a single double-sided handout priced at one dollar to a full-fledged magazine, Studio Classroom, in 1974. Studio Classroom continued to grow and branched out into three magazines, Studio Classroom, Let’s Talk in English, and Advanced, catering to English learners of different levels. The magazines become essential learning materials in Taiwan when there were few English learning resources available. ORTV continued to grow, and branched into radio, TV, the internet and mobile devices, earning multiple awards at Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture’s annual Golden Tripod Awards. Many businesspeople and government leaders praised Brougham as a key contributor to Taiwan’s economic growth and internationalization by raising the English level of thousands and thousands of people in Taiwan.

In 1962, Brougham founded Heavenly Melody Choir, Taiwan's first Christian choir. The choir has shared God’s love on five continents and 36 countries since its founding, bringing Taiwan to the global stage in the process. Brougham encouraged the choir to create their own songs, and the choir made over 20 albums of original songs. Heavenly Melody Choir had a profound impact on the Chinese Christian community around the world. The choir also won multiple awards from Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture’s Golden Melody Awards over the years.

Brougham loved children, including children from remote parts of Taiwan. In 1951, she started a children's Sunday school in Hualien, where she formed a children’s choir and led indigenous children in Bible study and prayer. In 1952, she organized Taiwan’s first youth Gospel summer camp. Many of her students became believers, and many later became preachers. Since 1966, Heavenly Melody Choir and Studio Classroom have used music and English teaching as tools to engage people, holding Christmas concerts in major cities around Taiwan each December and bilingual character-building camps each summer. Brougham supported missionaries and mission organizations around the world. She liked to say: “Love is action, not words alone.”

Doris had special affection for her first home in Taiwan, Hualien, and the indigenous peoples living in rural areas. Studio Classroom began holding English summer camps for children in rural areas in 1999, combining English and character education. In 2014, Studio Classroom officially launched the Rural Areas English Education Project, and developed learning resources specifically for the needs of rural children shortly after. The Lucy Says Learning System is designed for elementary school students with low levels of English and encourages students to speak English through interactive games, songs and conversations. Since 2015, more than one hundred afterschool programs and elementary schools in remote areas of Taiwan have used the Lucy Says Learning System. Brougham was passionate about no child being left behind in English education due to financial reasons, and often talked about the need for English learning for all children in Taiwan with people she met.

Brougham once stated” Home is where your heart is, and my heart is here. Taiwan is my home.” She had over 70 years of service in Taiwan, and shared God’s love with everyone she met. Her great hope was she and Studio Classroom would not only be “Friends for Life” with many, but these friends would also obtain passports to Heaven, so she could be friends in eternity with them. One of her favorite songs to play on her trumpet was a majestic hymn called “Down From His Glory”. She stated: What I truly long for is when I meet the Lord, I can hear Him say to me, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”