Mom Interviews

Caryl Stern, President and CEO of the US Fund for UNICEF, says that being a parent has influenced the way she approaches her job. "I definitely need to balance my personal and professional lives, to make room for both," the mother of three (and grandmother of one) says.
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Tamara Monosoff started her first two businesses when she was just 9 years old. Now the CEO and founder of Mom Invented, Monosoff lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband and their 8- and 6-year-old daughters. She took some time recently to share her wisdom with Work It, Mom!
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Lisa Nolan
Co-Founder & CEO of LIZAL, Inc.

Lisa Nolan is the co-founder and CEO of LIZAL, Inc., a successful China-based manufacturing and sourcing company. Lisa manages her business from Palo Alto, CA, with frequent trips to Asia. She is also a mom of a 3 year-old boy. In this revealing interview, Lisa talks about her inspiration for becoming an entrepreneur, how she schedules her days to maximize her time with her clients and her family, what she wishes her husband did differently, and some advice for fellow entrepreneur moms.
Lisa Takeuchi Cullen
Staff writer and blogger for Time magazine

Lisa Takeuchi Cullen is a staff writer at Time magazine, covering workplace, business, and society trends; she also writes Time's Work in Progress blog and is the author of Remember Me: A Lively Tour of the New American Way of Death, which she wrote and researched with her then-newborn daughter Mika in tow.
Mary Ostyn, author, "A Sane Woman's Guide to Raising a Large Family"
Blogger and author

Mary Ostyn has a work-life juggle that would leave most of us breathless. A writer who works at home while parenting and homeschooling 10 children, her first book, A Sane Woman's Guide to Raising a Large Family, was released this spring; her second, Family Feasts for $75 a Week, is due out in September.
Member Close-Up: 07Mom
Teacher and entrepreneur

While on leave from teaching, Buffalo, New York-based 07Mom decided to start her own company (with her 1-year-old son in tow). Just a short while later, it's starting to take off, with her products mentioned in publications including The Boston Globe.
Member Close-Up: Ally
Owner and operator of All Our Milk Money

Ally, a mother of two who lives in Los Angeles, left the entertainment industry for a life of parenthood and entrepreneurship. She started her company out of a desire to help work-at-home parents, and has been happily watching her business grow.
Member Close-Up: Bayou Twin mom
Owns Gemini Greetings

This week we chatted with Bayou Twin Mom, a mother of three who lives in Baton Rouge, runs her own specialty-card business, and blogs about her life and family at Tiger Twins in the Bayou.
Member Close-Up: Brandy at www.BanishtheBadMoodMama.com
Hypnotherapist, doula, and director of a holistic business network

Each week, we take a little time to introduce you to another member here at Work It, Mom! This week, we'd like you to meet Brandy, a mom of 6 who lives in Maryland and works as a childbirth educator and doula.
Member Close-Up: Chrissy Johnson
Mom of one, librarian and blogger

We recently chatted with Chrissy Johnson, a mother of one who found her dream job as a librarian and blogs at Controlling a Spicy Universe.
Member Close-Up: Earthmama
IT/Project specialist, writer, and online business owner

Each week, we'll introduce you to a different member of the Work It, Mom! community. This week, we got to know earthmama a little better.