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Meet A Mom

Meet Ashley Earle

Meet Ashley Earle

Meet Ashley Earle, a Severna Park mom of 3 boys (12, 14 + 16), a Realtor with Monument Sotheby’s International Realty, and the powerful woman behind Annapolis Influencers!ย Ashley has always been a champion for small businesses – when she finds something she loves, she wants to share it with everyone! In addition to running Annapolis Influencers, Ashley stays busy with her real job as a Realtor withย Stahley Thompson Homesย helping people with one of the biggest decisions they will ever make!

Meet Casey Linthicum

Meet Casey Linthicum

Meet Casey Linthicum, a Columbia mom of two kids under two, McDonald’s franchise Owner + Operator turned owner of GameOn bar+arcade! After selling her McDonald’s franchise in 2021, Casey wanted to create a fun place for adults (and kids until 8pm!) to hang out that wasn’t just sitting at a bar drinking. GameOn bar+arcade has nostalgic arcade games, craft beers, signature cocktails, karaoke rooms available for rent, and kid + adult party packages! There are GameOn locations in Annapolis, Baltimore and a brand new location in Columbia opening THIS FRIDAY in the Merriweather District.

Meet Katie Hofstetter

Meet Katie Hofstetter

Meet Katie Hofstetter, a Severna Park mom of two daughters, oncology nurse turned SAHWM, and platinum brand partner of Young Living. After her husband Kyle was diagnosed with a rare type of liver cancer in 2019, she started looking for ways to limit the toxins in their home. After a lot of research, she found Young Living and realized it was the easy button to TRULY clean living.

Meet Rose Cherussery

Meet Rose Cherussery

Meet Rose Cherussery, a Kent Island mom of three, a second-year Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland, a pre-service teacher educator, and the founder of Classroom For Change. Her mission is to create classrooms + communities that change the world by promoting equity in education and collectively working to improve the lives of children, youth, + families through changemaking research, policy, + practice. Rose explains how being a forever learner expands children’s knowledge of the world and why time is the best gift for loved ones.

Meet Bailey Feldman

Meet Bailey Feldman

Meet Bailey Feldman, an Annapolis mom of three daughters, one dog, four chickens and the founder of Fount + Flourish. Her mission is to create intentional space and interactions that deeply connect women to each other and to their most-whole selves. Bailey shares how her past jobs have inspired her, why you need to reinforce your “village” and her BIG plans for the new Fount + Flourish physical space that will enhance the way we gather and redefine how we work.

Meet Sierra Billings

Meet Sierra Billings

Meet Sierra Billings, an Annapolis native, mom of 2 and co-owner & stylist at Blush Hair Salon. Over the last 2 years, Blush has quickly grown into a full service hair & bridal salon, earned Best of Annapolis in 2022 & 2023 and officially opened for business less than 1 month ago into a brand new storefront in Annapolis! Sierra shares her earbud #momhack to keep her sane, tips for your toddler’s first haircut and the one big thing people are surprised to know about her!ย 

Meet Colleen Bass

Meet Colleen Bass

Meet Colleen Bass, an Annapolis mom of two and owner of MD Pup Scouts – voted Annapolis’ Best Dog Trainer by What’s Up Magazine! MD Pup Scouts offers pack walks, pack walk training, private obedience training and overnight care. Colleen shares her must-have car kid items to always be prepared, the best advice for mom guilt and how she + her husband Michael started MD Pup Scouts in California from picking up a dog walking gig on Craig’s List.

Meet Danielle Cheplowitz

Meet Danielle Cheplowitz

Danielle Cheplowitz is a Kent Island mom, nurse practitioner and functional medicine practitioner who is passionate about optimizing health and cultivating resilience in the body. Danielle shares how she connects with her patients on a deeper level since becoming a mom, her *game-changing* food prep for easier days with her kids & how her family’s nightly routine inspired her to publish a children’s book!

Meet Dani Crawford

Meet Dani Crawford

Dani is an Annapolis mom and Interior Designer that creates spaces that are beautiful, functional and safe. Being a single mom of 2 and a full-time Senior Associate is a constant balancing act that takes dedication, communication, organization and a commitment to self care. Dani shares how she designed her ideal Motherhood through honest communication with her kids, an abundance of patience and her time-saving mom hack that streamlines mornings with her kids.

Meet Tara Hargadon Tankersley

Meet Tara Hargadon Tankersley

Over the last 3 years, Tara has made major sacrifices serving on the COVID-19 Recovery Mission at the Maryland Department of Health. She shares how her career has influenced her to be the mom she is today – the mom that can work hard AND the mom that can be a guest reader at her daughter’s school.

Meet Rebecca Hofleitner

Meet Rebecca Hofleitner

Rebecca is a local Annapolis mom who helps children discover the wonderful world of books. Rebecca shares how being a Library Associate at Discoveries: Library at the Mall has shifted her perspective of Motherhood.

Meet a Mom: Dermatologist Whitney Bowe

Meet a Mom: Dermatologist Whitney Bowe

Dr. Whitney Bowe, a Greenwich, CT, resident, and Mom to an 11-year-old daughter, is a passionate dermatologist who believes strongly in healing the skin from the inside-out, through inner skincare. In this week’s Meet a Mom, she shares her journey growing her dermatology practice for over a decade, before realizing she wanted to share her learnings with a larger audience. In order to empower and educate individuals who had a deeper interest in skin health, she decided to launch her own incredible skincare line.

Meet Natalie Franke

Meet Natalie Franke

Natalie is a local Annapolis mom who is passionate about community. So passionate, in fact, that she’s created her own and written a book about it! We’re elated that she was able to share how becoming a mom impacted her business, how she reframes the mundane tasks, and even let us in on her favorite Annapolis spots. We can’t wait for you to learn a bit about her and how she’s taking on motherhood!

Motherhood in Motion: Aidanora Stea

Motherhood in Motion: Aidanora Stea

This year has required a lot of change in countless ways. Like many of us, Aidanora was faced with the jigsaw puzzle of bringing her full-time career home, the logistics of what that meant for three school-aged children, and creating a new rhythm for her family. She sat down with us and opened up about what this chapter of life has made her realize about her relationships, how she’s creating her own work-life balance, and what she did to keep her second grader thriving through his school year.

Motherhood in Motion: Danielle Powell

Motherhood in Motion: Danielle Powell

When she transitioned the last child to school, Danielle decided to dedicate her newfound free time to other mothers. She turned her passion for motherhood into serving women in our community, helping them fall in love with their own experiences. Danielle was gracious enough to chat with us about the way she mothers with intention, how she’s using her transparency about parenting to serve others, and what this past year has looked like from a care provider’s perspective.

Motherhood in Motion: Kaitlin O’Connor

Motherhood in Motion: Kaitlin O’Connor

The Motherhood in Motion series is a very special collaboration with ALN Images. Becoming a new mother comes with so many changes and growth. However, some amazing women made this transition in the midst of a global pandemic - something we're still wrapping our minds...

Motherhood in Motion: Bridget Jones

Motherhood in Motion: Bridget Jones

As a mother who is no stranger to pivoting, Bridget Jones let us in on what motherhood means to her, what she’s realized this past year, and what a humble idea created for her family.

Motherhood in Motion: Sasha Willis

Motherhood in Motion: Sasha Willis

We had the chance to sit down with Sasha Willis, a local mom and entrepreneur, to learn about what she’s loves most about her days, maintaining her identity in parenthood, and how being a mother has changed the way she approaches her business.

Meet Jackie Shea

Meet Jackie Shea

Jackie is a wife, mama, and your trusted neighborhood Realtor. We loved getting the chance to ย learn how deep her roots run here in AACO and her favorite parts of motherhood. Read on to learn more about Jackie’s mom must-haves and how she took a giant leap of faith in her career that paid off big time.

Meet Molly Harbor Hutto

Meet Molly Harbor Hutto

Join us as we learn more about Dr. Molly Harbor Hutto. As an Annapolis mom, and a business owner, Molly sheds some light on what pivoting through parenthood with grace and humility looks like. We've taken away handfuls of beautiful nuggets of advice and we can't wait...

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