Meet A Mom
Meet-a-Mom Monday: Colleen Tola Dopkin
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...
Meet-a-Mom Monday: Heather Walsh
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!
Meet-a-mom Monday: Kelly Krzeczkowski
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!
Meet-a-Mom Monday:Cheryl Granito
This week’s Meet a Mom interview is with Cheryl Granito, the amazing mom behind the Denville Moms, part of The Local Moms Network. She is a former Special Education teacher, a girl mom of three (Harper,10, Kayla, 5, and Ellie, 2), and a metastatic breast cancer warrior. We spoke to her about being dismissed by doctors before her diagnosis, advocating for herself (and now other woman), what she wants newly diagnosed women to know, what is helping her feel strong today, and more.
Meet-A-Mom Monday
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.
Meet-a-Mom Monday: Tiffany Bohlin
Where are you from originally and how long have you lived in town? Hazlet Child(ren) and Age(s)? Brian Bohlin (25) Alex Bohlin (22) One thing people would be surprised to know about you. I lived in South Africa for ten years. Anyone special you'd like to thank for...
Meet-a-Mom Monday: Alex Morgan
In 2009, Alex Morgan joined the US Women’s soccer team, making history as the team’s youngest player, at just 22. Today, at 32, she’s a three-time Olympian, having taken home gold in London in 2012 and bronze this past summer in Tokyo. She helped the US win the World Cup in 2015. But 17 months ago she added a different role—Mom—to her impressive resume, when she gave birth to daughter Charlie. We spoke to Alex about how becoming a mother has influenced her career, her thoughts on raising an athlete (and her Fun Comes First campaign with GoGo squeeZ), her commit to gender equality in sports, and more.
Meet-a-Mom Tracy Tutor
This week’s Meet a Mom interview is with Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles’ Tracy Tutor! Over the past 22 years, Tracy has built an incredible career in Los Angeles real estate, specializing in finding buyers for celebrity architect-built homes, including ones by Frank Gehry, Pierre Koenig and John Lautner. She’s become most recognizable, however, by joining Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, and has been the lone female Realtor on the show for the past four years.
Meet a Mom Monday:Christie Esteves
Where are you from originally and how long have you lived in town? I've lived in Toms River my entire life (33 years) Child(ren) and Age(s)? 2 kids: Juvia 4, Ezra 1 One thing people would be surprised to know about you. It might not be that surprising to people that...
Meet-a-Mom Monday: Samara P. O’Neill
Where are you from originally and how long have you lived in town? Went to Jackson Memorial when there was only 1 HS 🙂 Child(ren) and Age(s)? 2 Children - Olivia Sara 9yrs. & Danny Jr. 12 One thing people would be surprised to know about you....
Meet-a-Mom Monday: Kelly Coyle Crivelli
Meet one of our favorite moms, Kelly Coyle Crivelli. Kelly is the owner of The Little Point Bookshop, in Point Pleasant Beach and one of our favorite moms. Her love for books is inspiring and we can’t wait for you to meet her. Check out her social media pages, website and stop by the shop better yet, join us at her fantastic bookclub!
Meet-a-Mom Monday Patti Read
Where are you from originally and how long have you lived in town? Sayreville, NJ, but moved to Ocean County almost 8 years ago. Child(ren) and Age(s)? Parker- 5, Easton-3, Max- 1 One thing people would be surprised to know about you. After I graduated college I...
Meet-a-Mom Monday:Jackie Anderson
Jackie Anderson, MS CCC-SLP is a certified speech-language pathologist and Owner of Ascend Speech Therapy. Jackie provides in-home speech-language evaluations and speech therapy for children in Ocean and Monmouth Counties, and Teletherapy for all of NJ! Jackie has worked extensively with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and considers this an area of specialty. Other areas of experience include Mixed Receptive-Expressive Language Disorder, Pragmatic Language Disorder, ADHD, Learning Disability, Developmental Delay, Sensory Processing Disorder, Speech Sound/Phonological Disorders, Alternative-Augmentative Communication (AAC,) and more! The mission of Ascend Speech Therapy is to provide engaging, research-based therapy that is functional in your child’s life. “Together, We Rise!”
Meet a Mom: Lora Webster
Lora Webster is a 5-time Paralympic volleyball player, and a mom of three—with one on the way. That’s right, Lora is competing in Tokyo pregnant. A four-time medal winner (one gold, two silver and one bronze), she is also a childhood bone cancer survivor, which resulted in a surgery that caused her to lose her knee. After battling cancer and losing her knee in a surgery to remove the tumor, she received a prosthesis and became a standout high school athlete, competing not only in volleyball but also track and diving.
Meet a Mom
This week’s Meet a Mom interview is with Andrea Lavinthal, a mom of two who is the Style & Beauty Director at PEOPLE.
Meet a (bunch) of Moms Monday
Meghan Markle announced that for her 40th birthday she was launching a global mentorship program, encouraging women to set aside 40 minutes to share their advice and experience with other women—and we’re totally on board. Moms supporting moms isn’t just a hashtag or a...
Meet a Mom: Olympic Softball Player Cat Osterman
When softball star Cat Osterman competed at Athens in 2004, she was the youngest athlete to win a gold medal for Team USA—in fact, she was still a student athlete at the University of Texas. The pitcher won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and she came out of retirement at age 38 to compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Meet-A-Mom Monday: Lindsay Rechler
Lindsay Rechler is a NYC-based mom of two, a Managing Director at a global investment bank and most recently, a published author. Her first book, Good Morning Zoom, came about while explaining the pandemic to her young kids and was featured in the New York Post and The Kelly Clarkson Show.
Meet-a-Mom: Danielle Ippolito
Let us introduce to you this amazing mom and entrepreneur. Danielle is the proud owner of D Fitness Studio and Princess Party Productions in Point Pleasant. Fun fact, she was the first Zumba instructor in NJ! Read more about how she took her love and passion and created a thriving business.
Meet-a-Mom Monday: Amy Shoenthal
This week, our Meet a Mom interview is with NYC-based mom Amy Shoenthal. She’s a social media marketing pro who also writes a column for Forbes—including the recent spotlight on The Local Moms Network! We spoke to Amy, whose daughter is 2.5, about her career...