Tammy Stackpoole was raised on the outskirts of Detroit, MI in the Lake St. Clair boat town, Harrison Twp. by her birth parents, Cynthia M. Stackpoole - psychologist & trance channel, and Robert R. Stackpoole - speaker and Dale Carnegie Courses instructor / sales rep. Tammy's siblings are Heidi M. Stackpoole-Woodworth, Marcus J.