{"id":1056,"date":"2012-01-04T00:54:03","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T00:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mi-ling.com\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-03-25T14:56:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T20:56:22","slug":"about-mi-ling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"About Mi-Ling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mi-Ling Stone Poole<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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 “I created Mi-Ling’s Comfort Zone to share my favorite recipes, design and travel tips with you!” <\/em><\/sup><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Mi-Ling<\/em><\/sup><\/mark><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Mi-Ling Stone Poole is an award-winning columnist who wrote a weekly syndicated lifestyles and decorating column titled, \u201cAsk Mi-Ling.\u201d\u00a0 Her column was featured in\u202fThe Oklahoman\u202f<\/em>and distributed around the country and in Canada through the McClatchy-Tribune News Service. Currently, she is writing her second book, \u201cLittle Red Corvette, Woman Behind the Song<\/em>,\u201d about her intriguing life and relationship with Prince and growing up in the twin cities in a multiracial family with a grandfather and uncle who were national civil rights leaders.

In 2006, Stone Poole merged her passion for design with her journalism background to author \u201cAsk Mi-Ling! When You Want the Truth About Decorating.\u201d Her knack for design and cost-saving tips earned her weekly segments\u202fon\u202f\u201cThe Jack and Ron Morning Show\u201d <\/em>on KYIS 98.9 FM and\u202f\u201cThe Joey and Heather Morning Show\u201d\u202fon <\/em>Wild 97.9 FM.\u202f Then in 2008, she\u202fproduced and hosted\u202f\u201cMi-Ling\u2019s Comfort Zone<\/em>,\u201d an award-winning lifestyles and decorating radio show that aired on Sundays, from noon to 1 p.m. on News Radio 1000 KTOK-AM an iHeartMedia station in Oklahoma City until 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the first year, \u201cMCZ\u201d earned a journalism award from the Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists\u202ffor her show on the tragic death of pop singer Michael Jackson. Previous guests who appeared on \u201cMCZ\u201d included; \u201cThe View\u2019s\u201d Sherri Shepherd, Supermodel Ashley Graham, Paige Hemmis of\u202f HGTV\u2019s \u201cExtreme Makeover: Home Edition,\u201d HGTV\u2019s Kim Myles and Taniya Nayak. Others include: famed percussionist Sheila E., and Prince\u2019s former band member Dr. Fink, to name a few. 

Mi-Ling\u2019s cost-saving decorating and lifestyle tips, as well as her gift-giving advice earned her regular segments as\u202fa lifestyle contributor for KWTV News9 (CBS), in Oklahoma City. She has also appeared on numerous morning shows throughout the country.

Stone Poole grew up in the Twin Cities with some of the major players in the music industry. Her relationship with pop icon Prince and others from the Minneapolis Sound inspired her to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. In 1991, she formed Exact Image Entertainment Group and focused on booking and promoting celebrity speakers and entertainers.

Her first celebrity client was actor Esther Rolle, best known for her portrayal of Florida Evans on the hit television show\u202f\u201cGood Times.\u201d <\/em>\u202fShe also worked with members of Dr. Martin Luther King\u2019s family, actor Michael Beach, Isaac Hayes, Puff Daddy (Diddy) on\u202f\u201cThe No Way Out Tour<\/em>,\u201d in 1997 and numerous other speakers and celebrities.\u202f
 
One of the highlights of her career was working with Academy Award winning filmmaker Kevin Willmott, as associate producer on\u202f\u201cNinth Street<\/em>,\u201d\u202fan independent film featuring Martin Sheen and Isaac Hayes. The film later won an Independent Film Channel award. Willmott is best known for his work with Academy Award winning filmmaker Spike Lee on \u201cConfederate States of America<\/em>,\u201d\u201cChi-Raq\u201d <\/em>and \u201cBlacKkKlansman<\/em>.\u201d<\/em>

Mi-Ling has always had a passion for acting since her first role as a background actor in \u201cThe Day After,\u201d <\/em>directed by Nicholas Meyer in 1983. And in 2016, Mi-Ling booked her first speaking role as a grand jury forewoman in the 2017 film \u201cThe Scent of Rain and Lightning,\u201d<\/em> directed by Blake Robbins. Unfortunately, her section ended up on the cutting room floor. Mi-Ling was also a featured background actor in \u201cGosnell: The Trial of America\u2019s Biggest Serial Killer,\u201d<\/em> directed by Nick Searcy.

After graduating from the University of Kansas with a bachelor\u2019s degree in journalism, Mi-Ling worked as a freelance writer, advertising executive, a university administrator and a radio promotions director. \u202fIn 2001, she earned her master\u2019s degree with an\u202femphasis in public relations and communications from Oklahoma City University. Mi-Ling married her college sweetheart, now a physician, 41 years ago. They have two children and two grandchildren. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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