Meghan is a born and raised Montanan, mama to a rambunctious toddler and a bonus mom to two amazing preteens. She recently earned a Master's degree in Early Childhood Education. Since then, she has been doing an odd mix of jobs; nannying, creating and selling travel play dough kits, making essential oil blends for kids, providing families with child guidance on Facebook and Instagram, and working weekends for the Health Department. She is passionate about helping families and looks forward to sharing new and helpful information directly related to Early Childhood Education as well as local events and programs.
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Abby is happily married to her high school sweetheart, Cole. She has two daughters by birth, and as a foster parent, you will find her with anywhere from two to six kids at home depending on the day. Abby used to work as a nurse but “retired” when her first daughter was born. Now Abby homeschools her children, and loves spending her days with them on their property where they raise chickens and have a large garden. Abby loves reading, sourdough baking, and painting in her free time.
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Ellie lives south of Missoula and is the owner of Red Pencil Transcripts, a small company that works with podcasts, documentary films, popular shows, authors, PhD-level research projects, and journalists at several major newspapers including the New York Times and Los Angeles Times. She's also worked as an editor for over a decade, and had a small stint in publishing in Seattle. Some of her larger projects have included She Said with Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the film version of Becoming with Michelle Obama, The Problem with Jon Stewart on Apple TV, Allen v. Farrow on HBO, Harry & Meghan on Netflix, and the film series version of I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara. Outside of her work-life she is a mom to four wild kids, a member of a railroad family, a classical history major, a bibliophile, and a closeted classically-trained pianist. She has goals of becoming multilingual and one day writing for the independent film industry.
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Kara is a mother of two girls and is in her 10th year of teaching. Kara and her husband Jason love taking their daughters outside as much as possible, running, and enjoying all that Missoula has to offer. In her spare time, Kara enjoys reading and hanging out with her two dogs.
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I'm Andrea Gibbs Born, raised, and still living in New York. I'm a work-at-home mom with a background in business development, strategy, and social media marketing. I'm a blog contributor at Baby Steps Daycare in Rego Park, New York to motivate and educate other parents about how they can get their children ahead of the game in school.
Read MoreThank you to Charlene Roth with SafetyKid.Info for her guest contribution. Visit www.safetykid.info to learn more about Charlene and how ‘Every kid should be a Safety Kid!’
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Anastasia likes to think she is in charge of a husband, two boys, a cat, and a dog. In her spare time she likes doing nothing, but she rarely has free time. She also likes books, being outside, and thinking about gardening.
Read MoreMy name is Liz, I’m 33, a mom to 3 awesome kids Branden 13, Kelly 7, & Megan 5 plus two great bonus kids, Jade 14 and Gemma 13. I live in Corvallis Montana with my boyfriend James and our kids. I am an advertising director for a small group of a local Montana based companies. I love spending my free time traveling, running, working in my gardening reading, and going to the movies.
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Derek Edwards is a budding outdoors enthusiast and adventurist. Some of his favorite activities out in nature are fishing, cooking, reading a book in his hammock, and most importantly, sharing his love for the outdoors with others. If you enjoyed this post you can follow along his adventure over on his website: dedwards.me
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Jacole Johnson is a 4th-generation Montanan living in Missoula with her husband Travis Cole and 2 young daughters. Jacole and Travis run Growing Up Green Missoula, a nature-based preschool in the Miller Creek area. The couple’s goal is to reconnect families to nature and provide experiences that elevate health, bring families together, promote bonding, and support a sustainable future.
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Ashley is one of our favorite outdoorswomen, sharing her life with husband Chris and two preschoolers on her Instagram feed @ashley.rn.clc. Follow her for her musings about exercise, anti-diet culture, feminism, and midwifery.
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Chelsea made Missoula her home in 2010 with the idea of returning home to Washington a couple years later. She has since created a family focusing on co-parenting & diversity. When she’s not spending her time with her husband, Aj and their three young daughters, Chelsea works at the University of Montana in the Public Health Department. She loves camping, concerts, pajama days and traveling.
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Born and raised in Missoula, Alison Boone and her husband, Corey, are proud parents to two young daughters, Emmie and Lucy. Alison works in her dream job as the school librarian at Franklin Elementary, while Corey, a native of Alaska, runs Taste of Alaska Seafood. She enjoys traveling, crafting, walking, reading, and organizing everything in sight!
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Lianna Waller is born and raised in Missoula, Montana. She graduated from the University of Montana with a degree in Biology and Education and is currently employed in public service with the a State of Montana.
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Jess Coulter is a mom of three, former preschool (in Missoula) and elementary (in Chicago) teacher, and the Director of Operations at A Carousel for Missoula. She loves reading, hiking, and drinking wine. You can find her Outschool teaching profile at this link. If you might be interested in teaching for Outschool, you can reach Jess by e-mailing her at outschooljess@gmail.com.
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I am a wife and mama of two adorable kiddos that I love sharing adventures with. I am also a nurse and health and wellness business owner through Arbonne. I have a passion to help men and women become a better and healthier version of themselves. I also really enjoy sharing parenting secrets and hacks with other moms and dads to find baby gear/supplies we will actually use. As well as gear that can make our busy lives a little bit easier.
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Ali Pepper is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Missoula College and works in sexual assault prevention education at the Student Advocacy Resource Center (SARC) on the UM, Mountain campus. Pepper and her partner live in Florence with their two young boys.
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Ben grew up all over the country as the son of an Air Force Lt. Colonel before attending law school at the University of Montana and making the Missoula area his permanent home. He is the enthusiastic father to two children, devoted husband to a wife, and loyal owner to a dog. He also has a cat that he’s very reluctant about.
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Nina Shyne Alviar is a film makeup artist and musician in Missoula. She and her two boys have been riding the homeschooling waves since 2011.
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