Meet A Mom

Meet this great Ocean County Mom who is a speech pathologist, but also has many other talents up her sleeve! Read all about her, her works, and all the amazing things she is doing for her community and others.

Concetta Alvarez, is the founder of ERS Better Homes, LLC. Read all about how this amazing mom worked hard to rise to the top of a predominantly male field letting nothing stand in her way.

We’re so excited to introduce Nicole Hendelman-Dersovitz, a mompreneur and the founder of NicoleHD Jewelry. Nicole has been in the jewelry industry her entire life and over the past 3 decades, she’s become an icon, shaking-up the fine jewelry industry by creating a direct-to-consumer fine jewelry brand that is more accessible than other fine jewelry companies with unnecessarily large markups.

This weeks meet-a- mom is Jennifer Levi.  Jennifer is a local mom that runs Wheee Get Fit+Play, LLC . Jennifer’s passion is working with both pregnant and postpartum moms on their journey to be the very best version of themselves. Read more on Jennifer’s interview below.

This week’s Meet a Mom interview is with New York City-based actress and mom of four Lois Robbins! Over her career, she has built a rich resume of credits on the big screen (most recently The Aspern Papers with Jonathan Rhys Meyers), small screen (One Life to Live, All My Children, Sex and the City, Law & Order) and off-Broadway (including her one-woman play L.O.V.E.R.). But recently, she decided to launch The LoDown, an Instagram Live show that is already reaching 100,000 viewers per episode, and featuring celebrities like Kristin Chenoweth, Brooke Shields, Kelly Rutherford and others.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was one of the most iconic sitcoms of the 90s, and launched Will Smith’s career, pre-Men in Black. On Super Bowl Sunday, with Smith as Executive Producer, the show returned as a modern drama, Bel-Air, on the Peacock Network. (Watch the trailer here.). This more nuanced show dives deeper into the familiar characters, young Will, Hilary, Ashley and Carlton, and of course, Geoffrey the Butler and Uncle Phil. Cassandra (Cassie) Freeman plays Aunt Viv.

This week’s Meet a Mom interview is with The Push author Ashley Audrain! This Toronto-based writer’s debut novel was a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, as well as a Good Morning America book club pick. An addictive, dark read, it follows Blythe, a woman for whom motherhood is fraught with anxiety and self-doubt, as well as serious concerns about her daughter—and nothing like the experience she thought it would be. This buzzed about book is one all moms can relate to—even if the exact circumstances are unrecognizable. We spoke to Ashley, mom to a 4-year-old daughter and six-year-old son, about the inspiration for The Push, its success, and what advice she gives moms interested in writing.

Meet Colleen Tola Dopkin   Where are you from originally and how long have you lived in town?  I grew up in Hamilton Square, NJ and lived there until college. I moved to Manahawkin in 2011. Child(ren) and Age(s)?  I have two amazing sons: Jamison (8) and Lukas...

Heather is a local mom from Bayville. Not only is she an amazing mom and pet owner, but also a “mompreneur”. Heather took her skills of being a nurse to the next level. Read all about how she started this amazing business! 

This week’s Meet a Mom is Kelly Krzeczkowski. Kelly is a mom of two and brings every bit of heart and soul in everything she does. Kelly is the definition of survivor, warrior and faith. This mom has a story worth reading and a business worth supporting. She’s been a nurturer her whole life, from working with the elderly to her new philanthropy work. Learn how Kelly turned an extremely hard time in her life, surviving domestic abuse and leaning on God to bring her joy back. Kelly took the most difficult time in her life and is now using it to help others through Boho Bites Food Truck. We are so honored to share Kelly’s story of strength, determination and hope!

This week’s Meet a Mom is one of the newest additions to The Local Moms Network (TLMN), Lindsey Harrison, who is one of the New Canaan-Darien Moms. She and her husband and daughter Wesleigh (3.5) live in the beach community of Rowayton, in Norwalk, CT. In addition to joining our team last winter, Lindsey also runs the popular blog, Home With The Harrisons, and recently launched her own interior design firm, Dear Elizabeth Interiors! We caught up with this busy toddler mom to ask her about joining our network, her new business and balancing all these fantastic projects.