Kellie Acosta has spent a lifetime dedicated to the studies of positive thinkers such as Og Mandino and Dale Carnegie, so that she may increase others' positive well-being. After raising two sons, she went back to college. Although she was diagnosed with breast cancer during an annual mammogram in her final year of college, Kellie graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Business degree from Georgia State University at the same time she finished her radiation treatments. She lives and writes in Atlanta with her partner and 3 dogs.