Enter The Entrepreneur with Kathy Purcell of ClearProtex

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Kate and Bella talk with entrepreneur Kathy Purcell of ClearProtex.
Starting a business during a pandemic for a pandemic!
Katherine M. Purcell, MT-BC, Director of Therapeutic Arts Group, (TAG) is a
Board Certified Music Therapist and Pennsylvania State Certified Music Teacher. She
graduated, Cum Laude, from Shenandoah Conservatory in 1989 with degrees in both
Music Therapy and Music Education with a minor in Psychology. For four years, she
worked as a secondary school music teacher at a private school in Allentown,
Pennsylvania, instructing severely emotionally disturbed children from around the
country.
Mrs. Purcell coordinates music therapy and art therapy services for various
agencies and individuals in their facility, home, group home or soon- in the new
Therapeutic Arts Group building located in Whitehall, PA. Therapy, enrichment sessions
and lessons are provided for individuals of all ages and abilities with a variety of needs
including those diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder, Speech Delay, Attention
Deficit Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Brain Injury, Developmental Delay,
Autism, Psychiatric Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Cancer, Physical Handicaps,
Dysfunctional Families, and At-Risk Children.
Together with her husband, who is also a musician, Mrs. Purcell provides unique
musical activity sessions for children's birthday parties, family reunions and special
events of all kinds.
At the beginning of the global COVID 19 pandemic in March 2020, after searching
for a product to protect the 32 TAG music and art therapists and being unable to find
anything suitable for protection, Kathy created ClearProtex- the maskless alternative!
This product is comprised of a full face shield and replaceable,washable cloth attachment
and is valuable for clients and therapists to be able to see each others full expression
while protecting themselves and others. Kathy hired seamstresses in the greater Lehigh
Valley to sew the cloth attachments and is working with a company in New Jersey to
create the clear full face shields.
Kathy resides in Whitehall, Pennsylvania with her husband, son and two cats.