03/08/2026
When I was in kindergarten, my teacher called my parents in for a conference.
The issue?
I kept playing with the boys instead of the girls.
Apparently building with blocks and playing soccer at recess was…concerning.
Luckily, I had a mom who basically said, “she’s fine,” and parents who raised me to believe I could do anything…not just the things girls were supposed to do.
But that didn’t mean the path was easy.
I questioned teachers.
I challenged coaches.
I pushed back when expectations didn’t make sense.
Sometimes people became allies.
Sometimes they became the resistance that kept the fire burning.
Years later, when I met Emily, it’s honestly no surprise that we gravitated toward each other. She was an ally. We had the same drive, the same values, and the same attitude about going after the things we believed in and figuring out how to make them happen.
That mindset is a big part of what built NAPS…two women who believed there had to be a better way to support parents and decided to create it.
Now we are each raising three girls of our own while spending our career supporting women through one of the most powerful transitions of their lives…becoming mothers.
International Women’s Day is a reminder that women are strong, capable, resilient, and powerful.
And we feel pretty lucky to be raising 6 more of them.
Because honestly? The world should never underestimate what happens when women support other women.
