WCIU reports: It all started in Englewood with Christine Houston at Kennedy-King College

“If it worked for me, it can work for anybody, all you have to do is persevere,” said Christine Houston.

“I remember an instructor telling me that if you want to be successful with the first thing that you write, write something you know about. I said okay, I’m going to write about my childhood, growing up at  227 E. 48th Street in Chicago and my best friend,” said Christine. WCIU’s host Brandon Pope interviews one of Kennedy-King College’s most illustrious alums, Mrs. Christine Houston, about becoming a playwright at the college and then taking her play to Hollywood. We know it as the hit sitcom 227. To view the whole story, click here and tune in to On the Block episode 335. The 227 story begins at 14:58 min. within the clip.