Felicia M. Gillie-Jackson is an author, workshop facilitator, inspirational speaker, life coach, wife, and mother. Felicia was born in Chicago, Illinois to Fegan and Louvenia Gillie. She is the seventh of seven children.  Felicia is married to Lance Jackson and is the mother of five children: Chris, Lance II, Melanie, Victoria, and Christie.  She is the grandmother to eight grandchildren: Alaysia, Lance III, Brooklynne, Mekhi, Ariyah, Matthew, Cecily, and Callie.