Profiles - Polk County Moms

Meet A Mom: Softball Star 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...

Meet a Mom: Kate Messner, author of a new kids book on Dr. Fauci

A new book from Simon & Schuster, aimed at younger readers, focuses on one of the most famous faces of the fight against the pandemic—Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Author Kate Messner, who lives on Lake...

Meet a Mom: Social Media Marketing Pro – 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...

Meet a Mom: Lindsay Rechler of Good Morning Zoom

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...

Meet a Mom: Chrystal and Natalie with Love Linde Boutique

This month’s local Meet a Mom is all about Chrystal and Natalie with Love Linde Boutique.  Natalie has two children, Olivia is 15 and Abby is 12.  Chrystal is blessed with two bonus kids, Hunter is 21 and Bri will be 20 this summer.  Together they own and operate Love...

Meet the Dad Behind CPR Legislation That Will Keep Our Kids Safer!

    June 1-7 is CPR and AED Awareness Week, and it’s the perfect time to share some good news regarding heart health and our kids. At the end of April, Florida lawmakers passed a bill that requires all high school grads to have CPR training. The man behind...

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