Kay McConathy received her B.A. in English/History from Austin College, Sherman, Texas and her Master of Arts in the Teaching of English from Teachers College, Columbia University. After graduating from Northeast High School and then going on to college, she left the area to continue an education in world studies. A diverse career consisted of secondary teaching in Chicago and New York City, as well as overseas teaching for the Department of Defense. A lengthy advertising and media career in San Francisco reinforced her communication skills. She chose to return to Oklahoma City, her heart’s home, to take care of her mother fighting cancer. The enlightened return to the classroom has been as an adjunct freshman composition instructor at OCCC, 2005, and her recent appointment at UCO, the alma mater of her illustrious brother, Dale.