Even as a teenager, Trevy McDonald was determined to use her God given talents and gifts to uplift, inspire and empower others in order to bring them joy? How has she done that throughout her life? Once thinking that she wanted to become a physician, Trevy learned early that profession was not her calling. Learning the periodic element chart was just too boring to her. Instead, she took notice of a rising African American journalist based in Chicago named Marlene McClinton. She made such an impact with her style of reporting and delivery that Trevy immediately knew that she wanted a journalistic career. At the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Trevy earned her B.A. in Radio/TV/Film. After experiencing too many cold winters, she then headed South to Chapel Hill, North Carolina where she received her M.A. in Radio, Television and Motion Pictures and a Ph.D in Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina. She was only 25 years years old when she earned her Ph.D from one of the top journalism programs in the country. After receiving her Ph.D, Trevy found herself unemployed and therefore asked herself what she could do to make herself more marketable. Trevy immediately built the groundwork for a publishing company, which she started in 1999. She is currently the owner of Reyomi Publishing, LLC, a successful independent book publishing and consulting company based in Durham, N.C. Trevy is also an author of the novels Round 'Bout Midnight and Time Will Tell. She is also the co-editor of two scholarly anthologies, Nature of a Sistuh: Black Women's Lived Experiences in Contemporary Culture and Building Diverse Communities: Applications of Communication Research. Trevy has also authored an inspirational anthology entitled How We Got Over: Testimonies of Faith, Hope and Courage. She has contributed to numerous other anthologies and publications, and she has also co-authored a reference book on starting your own publishing house called How to Win The Publishing Game. Through her experience starting and running her own publishing company, she learned her most valuable lesson -- if one is committed and steps out on faith to pursue their dream, then they will also beblessed with the resources to be able to carry out their dream. She simply states this lesson inthe form of a haiku: Commit to your dream And the desired resourcesAre provided now!