User:Kathy McClure/sandbox

HISTORY: Kathy McClure is born in Chicago, IL in 1961 to Sandra and Ellis McClure. Her parents since divorced and her mother raised her as a single parent. Her mother Sandra taught her how to not only survive but to become someone great even when obstacles are placed in the way. Kathy is the youngest girl of two sisters and one brother. One of her sisters since passed.

While moving from one area to another in the city of Chicago as a little girl, it gave her a chance to use the different environments by looking at the opportunities each one had to offer. Although she did very well in High School, she decides to join a program where High School students can attend colleges to receive a college education during High School years.

The program is called Upward Bound. At the time she attended Wells High School and the University of Chicago Circle Campus here in Chicago, IL. At the University she took courses such as: Literature, Trigonometry, Physics, Biology, Computer Science and Architectural Design. These classes led her to attend the YMCA for almost two years until funds were cut only having 1/4 of a semester to go, she had to drop out and not able to obtain her Associate's degree. While there she tutored students is Trig 101 taking their grades from an 'F' or 'D' to a 'B' or an 'A'.

Kathy has four biological children and one adopted child. While raising a family being married to Walter M. Brown, she continued pursuing her dreams and went back to school for Legal Transcription and Legal Termonology at MSTA Business College. Before finishing MSTA, Kathy had already received a position as a TEMP to go from company to company providing services until she landed a position at Executemps as an Executive Administrative Assistant creating payroll orders for temps. While at Executemps, she applied for a position at one of the biggest law firms in the world, Kirkland & Ellis LLP. She started in September 1989 to the present as a Legal Secretary. Feeling as if she should have accomplished more, she decides to open her own company in the literary arts world.

POSITIONS: Kathy McClure, President of McClure Publishing, Inc. has been in business since September 2006. The mission of the company is to provide services for publications to authors and many others who would like published material for distribution purposes. When the company was founded the first published book is titled: "Be Like A Tree, Planted ..." This book provides Biblical principals, along with how we can be like trees planted with our full supply of nurishment in order to spread and grow. Although McClure Publishing, Inc. started with a non-fiction Biblical book, the Company publishes all genres to keep the interest of the general public.

Kathy since has started a radio show called Kathy McClure Radio Show creating a marketing outlet for authors, business owners, churches, music artist, etc. to get their information out to the public. There are numerous videos created and placed on www.youtube.com/Kathy McClure to help promote the radio shows. While doing radio shows, she has since started Kathy McClure eMagazine another avenue for others to help promote what they do. The radio show has also taken her to using her voice in many different characters by creating an audible sitcom called Purple Ivy.

Purple Ivy is a story of woman name Brooklyn and her daughter name Sophie who has gone through many dramatic experiences only to get to the end and not know if they are going to make it. Kathy McClure is also the producer and director of this sitcom expecting to create many more for her listening audience.

She has started providing information and what she does through social media such as: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Google+, etc. This is the PR side of the McClure Publishing, Inc.

SPIRITUAL SIDE: Kathy is very spiritual seeing things through spiritual eyes comparing them to natural things is one of her talents. She studied the KJV of the Bible since she was a little girl which helped her develop a personal relationship with God. Her prayer time is spent laying before the Lord with her sack cloth and matta proclaiming and declaring the things of God.