Today, we’d like to introduce you to Jacquiline Cox. Jacquiline was introduced to us by the brilliant and talented LaQuita Parks.
Hi Jacquiline, we’re so thrilled to have you sharing your story with us today. Maybe we can kick things off by having you introduce yourself to our readers? We’d love to have you go into your story and how you got to where you are today.
Well, I am a future thyroid cancer survivor, a former youth in care and a Motivational Speaker for troubled youth as well as a Lupus Advocate. Despite having a troubled and dysfunctional background being in the DCFS system since age 2, I have overcome homelessness, domestic violence, cancer and lupus. I married my husband in 2015 and we share a total of 5 children. Although Graduating college in 2012, I went on to freelance model, work in social work field, giving back to the community by working with troubled youth, non profit organizations, and even started 2 successful businesses. I was Diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer in 2014, I try my best to continue to uplift and inspire all the people who may have experienced the same hardships I have overcome in my life including domestic violence, child neglect and abuse, and spiritual warfares by doing motivational speaking . I am currently in the process of releasing my second book of memoirs entitled “Mountains Can’t Rise Without Earthquakes. I have one book already published which is poetic memoirs of my life entitled “It Can’t Always Be Night”, I’m set to participate in an anthology called “She Said Yes to Herself Unapologetically” by author Chanelle Wesley Coleman and Publisher LaQuita Parks. I am the co founder of my sons clothing line YoungSavedLeaders with my husband Marvis, and I have my own FaceBook Live show entitled Listen Linda! That I do from my Facebook Business Page every Sunday at 7pm CST. I currently reside in IL with my husband and 2 boys and puppy
Please tell us more about your brand, Class E Defined
My business CLASSEDEFINED started out as a simple online business selling sunglasses and teeth cleaners in 2013. I did a full rebrand in 2015 and started filing taxes, selling retail items and doing business consulting for other businesses. I helped with grant writing, fundraising, and marketing for non profits. By 2019, I expanded opened my own boutique for wellness and self care while still marketing and consulting. By 2020, the pandemic hit and I was forced to rebrand. I started catering business with my children and from there we also expanded to travel partners with WestGate Resorts. Now my 11 year old had a vision in 2021 to start his own clothing line called YoungSavedLeaders which is a Chris based clothing line for all ages. With Gods favor we launched in the beginning of 2021. It hasn’t been easy but with Gods help and the faith of our family we are well on our way!
So, as we mentioned to our audience earlier, you were introduced to us by LaQuita Parks and Pa-Pro-Vi Publishing and we really admire them and what they’ve built. For folks who might not be as familiar, can you tell them a bit about your experience with Pa-Pro-Vi Publishing.
I joined a group called the Black Womens Authors on Facebook. While scrolling the list of members looking for someone to review my first draft of my book, I stumbled across LaQuitas profile. She was so nice and Helpful! She has not only helped me publish all my projects but my husband as well. She has offered guidance and knowledge to me on how to navigate this author life. Knowing LaQuita has provided me with so many opportunities. I’m so glad God is using LaQuita to help me envision my purpose when I wasnt quite sure what it looked like besides a being a mother and wife. I would recommend PaProVi Publishing to ANYONE domestically and internationally.
Website: https://linktr.ee/youngsavedleaders
Image Credits
Mike Jue Karl Ray
