Mary Sago is a poet, entrepreneur, and dedicated mother. As a child, she loved to dance and sing, which led to her passion for poetry at an early age. Born and raised on the south side of Chicago with her five siblings, Mary experienced poverty, an unstable home life, and family tragedy growing up. She dropped out of high school when she became a teenage mother. However, refusing to let her life become another statistic, Mary later went back to school and obtained an associates of science degree and a bachelors of business degree. Inspired by the likes of Maya Angelou, Martin Luther King Jr., Vincent van Gogh, William Shakespeare, and Oprah Winfrey, Mary expresses her unique understanding of life, love, socioeconomic issues, and classism through the imagery of her poetry. Mary credits her spirituality and belief in God for her success. She still lives in Chicago with her husband and four children.
