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Smart + Stylish Mom Spotlight: Hair Tips from a Top Stylist 0

This week’s Smart + Stylish Mom Spotlight is on Ashleigh Taylor, a top hair stylist in Washington, DC , owner of Taylor & York salon and the writer behind the StrummerRose baby lifestyle blog (which I L-O-V-E). She’s 37 years old and lives with her 10-month old daughter, Strummer Rose, and her partner in love and parenting, Lou. I met Ashleigh after seeing her work in Essence magazine in 2008.  I was looking for a new stylist to do my hair for my wedding and after the first visit, I knew that Ashleigh was the one.  From the...
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Smart + Stylish Spotlight: Advice from a Shark Tank Mom 0

This week's Smart + Stylish Mom Spotlight is on Jordan Lloyd Bookey, Chief Mom of Zoobean and former head of K-12 Education Outreach at Google.  She's 37 years old and lives in Washington, DC with her children, Cassius (5) and Florence (3), and her husband and business partner, Felix.  In 2014, Jordan and Felix appeared on ABC's "Shark Tank" and won an impressive $250k investment from Mark Cuban to grow Zoobean. I met Jordan during the first week of school last fall.  My daughter ("toddler boss") was having a pretty rough time with separation anxiety and Jordan pulled...
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Smart + Stylish Mom Spotlight: You are Your Child's Best Advocate 0

Today’s smart + stylish mom is Christine Pak, a 33-year old artist, stay-at-home mom and aspiring med school student who lives in the Washington, DC suburbs with her husband and 2-year old daughter, Sophie.  I met Christine and Sophie in a music class that Riley and I attended in the spring of 2014. Sidenote: this was a wonderful experience and I highly recommend Mrs.Sings’s MusicArt in Crofton, MD.   I’ll never forget how nervous I was during the first day of class.  At 16 months, Riley was the youngest student in a class designed for 18-month to...
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Smart + Stylish Mom Spotlight: How to Manage Multiple Careers 2

Today’s smart + stylish mom is Kerri Yoder Hubbard, a 39-year old non-profit executive by day and actress/writer/producer/social entrepreneur all the time. She lives in the Los Angeles area with her husband, Bryan, son Blake (17 months) and stepson Kyle (20 years old).Kerri is a graduate of Yale (BA in Economics) and the London School of Economics (MA in Health Policy, Planning & Financing). Most recently, she’s worked in major gift fundraising for the sciences & entrepreneurship/non-profit development at UCLA. She’s currently transitioning to hospital philanthropy/nonprofit development for Providence Health & Services to raise money...
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Smart + Stylish Mom Spotlight: Managing Motherhood and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) 1

Today’s smart + stylish spotlight is on Kristen Archer, a 29-year old publicist and owner of Precisely PR & Events who lives in Washington, DC with her husband, Ted, and daughter, Paris Franchesca (9 months).I’ve actually known Kristen since she was about 12 years old. She and my sister, Jade, were best friends in middle school and Kristen has remained a part of our family since then. But it wasn’t until Kristen and I both became moms nearly two decades later that I really got to know her. Now, she’s one of my best mommy...
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