Our team
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Parenting Nerds
Kelly Griffin
STRATEGY & BUSINESS OPERATIONS
From marketing and media to strategic planning and category management. Kelly is building our teams, our brand, and the future of parenting.
Joyce Lanay
CONTENT PROJECTS COORDINATOR
Joyce helps to onboard new writers, oversees the lifecycle of articles from ingestion to publishing. She is also responsible for developing, planning, and implementing processes to improve workflows and team efficiency.
Sarah Dixon MA, LMFT, LPC
Family Couselor
Sarah holds a Master’s degree in Family Therapy from the University of Houston Clear Lake. For the past 7 years, she has provided mental health services for children and families. Sarah is specifically trained to utilize techniques and approaches including Play therapy, TBRI techniques, TF-CBT and PCIT.
Alexandra Pekova, PhD
Child psychologist
Alexandra has a doctoral degree in clinical psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She also completed a clinical internship at Baylor College of Medicine and post-doctoral fellowship at Children’s Medical Center Dallas. She has 10 years of experience evaluating and treating children, adolescents, and adults.
Stephanie Morrison
Product Analyst
Stephanie evaluates the company products and compares them against competing products. She has developed an understanding of parents’ current and future needs, thus she can provide assistance with product and rating reviews.
Emma Cadle
Photographer & Designer
Emma specializes in designing promotional visuals such as branding, social media ads, brochures, posters, newsletters, banner, and of course – our logo. She likes to make cool and creative designs that bring our ideas to life.
Philip Paullin
UX & Software engineer
Usually, Brooke has already done the job before you have even asked him to start. And she always delivers top quality work. His healthy dose of humor is easy to spot.
Tessa Starling
CONTENT MARKETING
Tessa is an award-winning content writer and social media strategist, Amazon best-selling author and speaker. She helps us drive a higher level of income and impact through consistent lead-generating content.
Amanda Lear
Writer
Amanda specializes in helping parents find more confidence and calm in their parenting journey. She is a nursing student and also work as a doula. Amanda has extensive knowledge in matters related to birth, breastfeeding and pregnancy.
Kimberly Tanner
Writer
Kimberly is a parent educator and author. She is the owner of Kids through Music – a music and values program for children and their families. Kimberly has been privileged to work with over 4,000 families in the past 14 years and her mission is to inspire and support the nurturing of happy, whole-hearted and resilient children.
Jennifer Yost
Writer
Jennifer is a mom of three! Period. She is from the Seattle and has a 1st Class BA Hons Degree in Sociology. She worked before as a teacher and has contributed to various parenting outlets as a writer and editor.