Marcie McPherson

Marcie Lanae Mcpherson (Kravitz) was born on January 29 in San Jose, California. She is the youngest of seven children. Marcie attended high school in the small rural farming community of Ritzville, Washington. In high school, she was very active in sports and excelled in basketball, tennis and track. She then attended Washington State University, in Pullman, Washington. There she studied Broadcast Communications and Food Science and Human Nutrition. This is when her love for food really became her passion. She was also an active member of the Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority as well as active in the University. Throughout her college years, she enjoyed volunteering with the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, the American Cancer Society as well as several University committees. Marcie married her college sweetheart, Michael McPherson, prior to graduating. Upon gradation from college, Marcie enjoyed a very successful career in Pharmaceutical sales for Pfizer as well as a small biotech company, Elan. Marcie continued her volunteerism with the American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association and the American Cancer Society. In April 1999, she welcomed her first child, a son, Cole McPherson. Soon followed the birth of her second child in 2001, also a boy, Jack Hunter McPherson. In 2003, after a year of testing and battling severe exhaustion and pain, Marcie was finally diagnosed with lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and febrile myalgia. In December 2005, she moved back to California, and in 2007, her divorce to Michael was finalized. Marcie continues her volunteerism in her community, children's school as well as she recently became an advocate and spokesperson for the SLE Lupus foundation. Marcie is now a television host/personality and can be seen on the Travel Channel as co-host in season one and host of season two for the show Forever New Orleans, Forever New Orleans a show about the revitalization of the New Orleans area with a focus on tourism, post hurricane Katrina. After years of persistence and hard work, Marcie created and is also in production on her own cooking show with a major network due to air in the fall of 2008. Marcie is also a personal chef to several executive and celebrity clientelle. Marcie currently lives with her two boys in Santa Monica.

External links

• marcie mcpherson's website
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• [1]Palomar Hotel Opening

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