Featured Moms

The women
shaping the collective.

Local motherhood, told honestly. Their stories, their favorite places, and the advice they wish someone had given them.

Alexandra Reyes

Mom of two · Winter Park

Alexandra Reyes

@alexandra.reyes

Designer, mother, and unapologetic homebody. Founder of a small studio she runs from her kitchen table.

Motherhood Journey

Two babies in three years taught her that softness is a strategy, not a weakness.

Favorite Local Places

  • Foxtail Coffee
  • Mead Botanical Garden
  • Olde Hearth Bread Co.

Advice for New Moms

"You are allowed to not love every season. Love the child, survive the season."

Priya Anand

Mom of one · Lake Nona

Priya Anand

@priya.and.co

Pediatric nurse turned postpartum doula. Believes every mother deserves a soft landing.

Motherhood Journey

A long NICU stay rewired how she sees motherhood — and started her work supporting other families.

Favorite Local Places

  • Canvas Restaurant
  • Boxi Park
  • The Hammock Trails

Advice for New Moms

"Ask for the help you'd give someone else without thinking."

Margot Lee

Mom of three · Baldwin Park

Margot Lee

@margotandmilo

Recipe developer and slow-living advocate. Most days end with at least one barefoot toddler in the garden.

Motherhood Journey

Quit a corporate marketing job after her third — and never looked back.

Favorite Local Places

  • New General Market
  • Lake Baldwin Dog Park (with strollers)
  • P is for Pie

Advice for New Moms

"Build the village before you need it."

Sade Williams

Mom of two · College Park

Sade Williams

@sade.writes

Writer, Black motherhood advocate, and host of a monthly mother circle in her own living room.

Motherhood Journey

Postpartum anxiety led her to writing — which led her to the women who became her village.

Favorite Local Places

  • Stardust Video & Coffee
  • Edgewater Drive
  • Dubsdread Patio

Advice for New Moms

"Your motherhood doesn't have to look like anyone else's to be beautiful."

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