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Lillian Elizabeth Coakley was born on August 13, 2005 in Chicago Illinois. She was born to Patrick and Jennifer Coakley. Due to her mother’s diverse culture she is nicknamed Lilya or lil-ka by relatives. She is known for her name. Coakley, being a relatively known name on the south side of Chicago. Her grandparents Patrick and Marianne Coakley were two of the four founders of the Southside Irish Parade. Her grandfather suddenly passed in 1990 so her father has been running the parade for her whole life. Her mother Jennifer Kate Yeazel is from traverse city Michigan. She is from a Norwegian and eastern Europien decent. Her mother Barbra Park passed on the love of culture to her children having spoken Russian most her life she decided to teach her kids to dive into their cultures. Therefore Jennifer moved to Ukraine for some time in college. Lilly Coakley attended Saint Barnabas for grammar school. She got a scholarship for leadership to Mother Mcauley high school taking after her fathers leadership skills. Lilly is known for her numerous news paper and television appearances for the parade. Although she is not known globally the neighborhood knows and appreciates her family. During an interview at her grandmothers house she states that her father always tells her how to address news reporters. She states “my dad is a salesman he is really good at selling things. He always wants to make sure that I sell the parade. I must mention how fun and wonderful it is in every sentence. My dad wants a crowd otherwise his hard work is for nothing” Lilly says people from everywhere in Chicago come for the huge event. “I get embarrassed to talk about the parade, mostly because I never really listen to my dad when he talks about it with my mom. I honestly never know the date of the parade or the grand marshals and people always ask me these questions it is really embarrassing.” She says she doesn’t always like to tell new people about it because she feels like people with think she is bragging. Lilly is not really a huge star. Lilly is just a part of a family who changed the history of the South Side of Chicago.