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MARY KROECK

Professional Storyteller

I'm a word nerd who's inspired by the extraordinary history that every person possesses.

MARKETING PROJECTS

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NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
PRESIDENT'S REPORT

2020-2021

NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
BREAK BARRIERS CAMPAIGN

2020

NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
IN COMMON MAGAZINE

2019

Val’s Halla Records and the Woman who Brought a Myth to Life

Teatro Vivo: Celebrating the Works of Latina/o Artists

Twentieth-Century Sage: The Goodman Theatre Celebrates the Work of August Wilson

BOOKS

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AMERICA'S EMERGING WRITERS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NONFICTION

2018

ILLINOIS'S EMERGING WRITERS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF FICTION

2018

ILLINOIS'S EMERGING WRITERS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NONFICTION

2018

As part of my work work with the national non-profit Step Up, I photographed teen participants. Some of those photos were used in a national advertising campaign across print and digital platforms to promote sales of SpaRitual's "Step Up" shade.

Lin-Manuel Miranda spoke on the impact of Hurricane Maria and ways citizens can support those on the island at the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture in Chicago, Illinois on Nov. 1, 2017. (Que Onde Sola/Mary Kroeck)

Singer-songwriter Joan Osborne performed her hits and new songs at City Winery Chicago on Oct. 16, 2012. (Mary Kroeck)

Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter John Prine outside of Val's Halla Records in Oak Park, Illinois after an in-store record signing event on June 6, 2019. (Mary Kroeck)

A BMX rider performs a jump during the qualifying round of Dew Tour competition in Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois on June 20, 2015. (Mary Kroeck)

Singer-songwriter Velvet Gunn a.k.a. V11VT in Chicago, Illinois. (Mary Kroeck)

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Barack Obama signs copies of his book, "The Audacity of Hope," at First United Methodist Church on Oct. 17, 2006. (Mary Kroeck)

Dave Grohl sits on a throne as he performs for a sold-out crowd at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois on Aug. 29, 2015 as part of the Foo Fighters "Sonic Highways" tour. (Mary Kroeck)

Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania used this photo I took of a student visiting Stonehenge, England to promote their study abroad programs. The photo appeared in their course catalog, academic brochures, digital advertising as well as transit ads.

A man kneels inside a tunnel with light behind him. This photograph was published under the title "The Thinker."(Seeds/Mary Kroeck)

As part of my work work with the national non-profit Step Up, I photographed teen participants. Some of those photos were used in a national advertising campaign across print and digital platforms to promote sales of SpaRitual's "Step Up" shade.

CONTACT

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."

Dr. Maya Angelou

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