Kathleen Makupson

Kathleen Makupson

Jackson, Mississippi

Fiber

Macrame Jewelry

Guild member since 2005

Kathleen's impressive resume includes work in roles ranging from supervisor, operations manager, site engineer, and production manager, in addition to an MBA and a master's degree in accounting. Back in 1985 when she was still known as Kathleen Terry, she became the first African-American woman from Mississippi to graduate from West Point, earning a bachelor's degree in general engineering. However, fiberwork crafting started early in her life.

Kathleen first worked with macrame as a teenager attending Grenada High School, using jute rope to make plant hangers. She started doing micro macrame to make jewelry in 2018.