Archive for the ‘Bloggers Bio’ Category

Jessica Smock – Contributing Blogger


Jessica is a later mom and doctoral candidate at Boston University in education policy and development.  She lives in Buffalo, New York with her husband, 1.5 year old son, Boston Terrier, and cat.  Her dissertation is about high-achieving urban girls who are graduates of a nonprofit in Boston and attend ...

Sharon Johnson O’Donnell


Sharon Johnson O'Donnell, mom of 3 sons, is a published author and award-winning columnist. Her humor book, House of Testosterone – One Mom’s Survival in a Household of Males, was named a BookSense notable book selection in 2007 and was then published in paperback by Houghton Mifflin. From 1998-2010, she ...

Cara Potapshyn Meyers


Cara is a 50 year-old SAHM. She is an avid blogger for MotherhoodLater.com writing about life with her 10 year-old son and 16 year-old dog, Maxi. Cara is currently going through a divorce, which she writes about periodically. Cara holds a BS in Biology from Long Island University, a MS ...

Jamie Levine


 After decades of serial dating, and never meeting Mr. Right, Jamie Levine decided it was time to do things backwards: Become a mother first and a wife second. She became a SMC (Single Mother by Choice) at the age of 37, when she gave birth to her beautiful daughter, Jayda, ...

Margaret Hart


Margaret Hart has more than 20 years of diverse experience as a writer and editor. She worked in public relations and corporate communications at J. Walter Thompson and Nabisco, was the editorial director of research publications at The Conference Board, and held senior editorial roles at magazines, including Chief Executive. ...

Jean Marie Keenan-Johnston


At age 36, mine was the life found in dreams! I met my husband, a teacher and former Army man, on Match.com. Anxious for children, we were elated to learn we were expecting shortly after our wedding. I had found my dream job as a teacher, and my two siblings, ...

Catrina Chatelain – Biography


Catrina Chatelain is a married mother of two daughters. She and her family have recently returned to the New York area after living in France. Her professional life includes several years in the restaurant business and more recently in the education sector. She is now engaged in an entrepreneurial endeavor ...

Cat Reilly – Biography


Cat Reilly became a mom at 35 and has the backache to prove it.  Currently a psychotherapist in private practice, she has directed large community mental health programs and worked a great deal with underprivileged youth.  She can’t quite decide on a haircut, is perpetually trying to lose a few ...

Allison Silver


Allison Silver is originally from New Mexico and currently resides in Northern California outside of Sacramento. She has an AS in Occupational Therapy, a BA in Child Development, and an MA in Special Education with an emphasis in Early Childhood. She has extensive training in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Early ...

Heather Bowles


Born and raised in the Midwest, Heather Bowles is a former special education teacher specialized in severe and profound mental retardation and physical handicaps, and current stay at home mom to a newborn girl. When she is not cleaning cloth diapers, washing bottles or cuddling/wearing the baby, she spends her ...