Marie Johnson was born Shirley Marie Johnson, in Lake Charles LA. She was raised in Ida B. Wells Homes on Chicago's southside by her mother (a single parent) and attended Wendell Phillips Academy and later completed higher education via Roosevelt University(MS in Human Development), Northern Illinois University and MacMurray College( BS in Journalism).
She has four children (Tara Johnson, Gerron Johnson, Unious Johnson and Kelley Lynn Johnson). Marie is the proud grandmother of five: Katelyn, Kylee, Charon, Jerimiah and Jack.
In 1995 Marie founded and funded through personal resources; Compudyne Community Service-An Angel Mission of Chicago, Illinois, dedicated to assisting homeless and displaced families with resources to regain their lives and become active members of main stream America. http://compudynecommunityservice.webs.com
She is also founder and CEO of Marie Johnson Inc. (LLC) an event planning and freelance writing service, also located in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.mariejohnsonauthor.webs.com
Her first published book is "For Mist"released in August 2009 and she is currently working on a children's book manuscript about "Bullying".
Marie has been employed by Black Wall Street-Chicago, South Street Journal Newspaper, Dollars & Sense Magazine, Streetwise News and contributing writer for The Chicago Sun-Times Newspaper.
In an effort to raise awareness of the community to the factual evidence that lives can be changed for the better; Marie does motivational speaking engagements and blogging. She can also be found on Facebook.com., EzineArticles.com, Helium.com and Blogger.com
The Straight Truth http://www.shirleymjohnson.blogspot.com
"If you can percieve it in the mind's eye; you can achieve it!"
"So as a man thinketh, so is he!"
"There are more things in heaven and earth than we shall ever understand Horacio!"
Phone: 773-721-4150
Cell: 708-407-5020
Email: johnsonmarie51@gmail.com
http://www.shirleymjohnson.blogspot.com