Bureaucrat to Baby Steps

Category: Life Transitions

  • Part 4: Beyond Survival: How a Mother’s Group Changed My Postpartum

    Part 4: Beyond Survival: How a Mother’s Group Changed My Postpartum

    Before I became a mother, I thought I understood the value of mother’s groups. During my time working as a Food for Peace officer, I managed programs in developing countries where mother’s groups were an important part of the program design. They were spaces where women came together to learn about nutrition for themselves and…

  • Finding My Way Back to Joy: How My DC Community Carried Me Through a Year of Change

    Finding My Way Back to Joy: How My DC Community Carried Me Through a Year of Change

    This past year has been one of the hardest—and most beautiful—chapters of my life. It was a year filled with seismic shifts: the dismantling of USAID as I knew it, the uncertainty of unemployment, a pregnancy that tested every part of me, and the fear of stepping into motherhood without the stability I had once…