Clara B. Ray

Clara B. Ray, Health & Wellness Advocate, author, freelance writer, and motivational speaker resides in Hampton, Virginia. She relocated from Oklahoma City in May 2019. The sixty-four year old mother of two and grandmother of five grew up in Ardmore, Oklahoma, as Clara Finley. She became a licensed minister in 1994, and is a State of Oklahoma retiree. Clara is the author of nine books.

Clara is celebrating reaching her weight-loss goal of losing 125 pounds. She has written a book about her maintenance plan, "21 Days To Fresh!" and is working another book about her weight-loss journey entitled "Slowly But Surely I Lost 125 Lbs."

She has a background rich in advocacy, self-help, and health & wellness. This included two years as a Health & Wellness coordinator/chairperson for the Oklahoma Dept. of Public Safety, and three years as a YWCA certified volunteer sexual assault & domestic violence advocate. In 1993, Clara became co-host and evangelist for a weekly broadcast on KTLV Radio, preaching on-air for three years.

In those capacities, she gained years of writing and motivational speaking experience, media exposure that included numerous local television appearances, and the respect of many mental health professionals in her city.

Since those earlier years, she has been recovering from a 1997 multi-trauma automobile accident.

Currently, Clara looks forward to making a return to public speaking, and inspiring others as a minister, motivational speaker, and Christian writer, who is a poet and self-help author-- in ministry, art, and heart.

If you like Clara's books, let her know! She loves hearing from readers.

Send her an email at this address,

clarabpoetry@att.net

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