Profiles | Polk County Moms

Meet a Mom: Actress Yllka Gashi

Credit: Fadil Berisha This story originally appeared on New Canaan & Darien Moms.  Meet the inspiring Yllka Gashi, a mom and actress getting rave reviews for her lead role in HIVE. The film, which received the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film...

Meet a Dad: Garfield Wilson

Born in Surrey, England to Jamaican parents, actor Garfield Wilson immigrated to Canada at six years old. Since then, he’s been building a career that has encompassed both music and acting. Fittingly, his first big break was as Judas in “Jesus Christ Superstar”. His...

Meet a Mom: Winter Hankins and Candice Batman with Swan Simplicity

  This month’s local Meet a Mom is Winter Hankins and Candice Batman with Swan Simplicity!  Winter Hankins is a mom of two, a son Corey who is 21, and a daughter, Summer who is 18. Candice Batman has one son Ethan who is 11. Together they own and operate...

Meet a Mom: Tayler Morrell of The Wichita Moms Network!

This week’s Meet a Mom is one of the newest team members of The Local Moms Network! Tayler Morrell is a mom of two (she has a six-year-old son named Rhys and a 4-year-old daughter named Evelyn) and lives in West Wichita, Kansas, where she runs The Wichita Moms...

Meet the Mom Duo Behind Miss O and Friends

We’ve all heard the saying, “Little kids, little problems…Big kids, big problems.” As our kids move from toddlerhood to school age and into the tween years, self-esteem and safety become primary concerns—especially in the era of social media. So we are thrilled to...

The Local Moms Network Book Club Interview with Laurie Frankel

Our next “Book Club” interview is with New York Times-bestselling novelist Laurie Frankel, whose latest book, One Two Three, comes out in June.  She is best known for her critically acclaimed novel, This is How It Always Is, which follows the journey of a family with...

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