Mspearl was born in Louisiana and moved to California as a teenager. She graduated high school in the early seventies and attended a local Jr. college. She worked for a large communications company for many years. After raising two children as a single mother, she left her job to start her own business, write a vegetarian cookbook entitled "Claudette's Lite Lifestyle Vegan & Vegetarian Cookbook", which can be purchased at www.claudettes-corner.com and live life on her own terms. She now lives in a small California city with a host of animals