Parenting on the FLY

Mary Ward is an accomplished actress whose career has spanned more than 25 years. She is a member of Actor’s Equity and Screen Actors Guild/AFTRA. Mary is an Independent Spirit Award Nominee and has had leading roles in film and TV. Her stage credits include Broadway, Off Broadway, and regional Theatre. She attended the University of Iowa as an undergrad and holds a graduate degree from The London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art.   Mary has run acting and improv classes and camps for children, youth, and adults since 2002. She's and her husband live in upstate NY and have 3 "kids" ages 20, 22, and 24. www.actingandimprov.com

Marsha Page is a New York Emmy Nominated, makeup artist and beauty expert, with experience in independent film, television, editorial, theater, special effects, bridal and fashion. She discovered her passion for make-up artistry in the late 1990's. As a recent college grad, pursuing a career in the legal industry, her passion came to light when she was looking for ways to mask her recent weight gain. She began to use make-up as a way to empower herself and take the focus off her body. Today you can see her beautiful work on Fox,  ABC news, and through her two daughters, Olivia & Jordyn. Stalk her on Instagram & Twitter: @MarshaPageMUA

Jeanette Fotis is a Comedic Actor, Improviser & Nerd Mom Extraordinaire who helps business folk make money using the principles of improv. In her other mundane job titles she’s also an early childhood education teacher,  coaches little actors to be in the moment, sells Girl Scout cookies, knits whimsical accessories, & exercises extroversion to counter a very introverted theatre prof husband (they do exist). She hails from Chicago & now lives near Reading, PA where she parents 3 Fotikids. Da Gram: @knitsngiggs Da Twits: @jeanette_fotis

Gusta Johnson is an actor, singer, improviser by night - a producer, editor by day and a worried mom 24/7! She studied opera at USC’s Thornton School of Music, did years of theatre in Seattle and NYC and is currently enrolled in the Advanced Study program at UCB NY. She’s the co-founder of the long-running indie improv team Wicked City and she writes and produces her own videos with her production company Ruffian Studios which she started with her husband. Her toddler, Finn, is a big fan of Sesame Street, Cheerios and getting into anything and everything he shouldn’t. Tweet Her: @gustaemily Watch Her: www.gustajohnson.com

Morgan Grace Jarrett is an Actress and Improviser at Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre. Her credits include, Broad City, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Affair and The Chris Gethard Show. She lives in New York City with her husband, son and Vitamix. On this episode we go all up in new mommyhood with my first teacher at UCB. From a crazytown birth, to forgetting almost everything, and finally ending up in heaven with the cutest 9 month old around.  http://www.morgangracejarrett.com/ Instagram: @MsMorgan     

Lucas Calhoun is an American Actor based out of New York. He has appeared on Television shows like (BILLIONS, MADAM SECRETARY) and on Broadway in The Elephant Man. Lucas is one of the Founding Members of The Drunk Shakespeare Society where five classically trained actors meet nightly and explore one of Shakespeare’s plays, whilst one of them gets hammered---all in front of a live audience. When he is not pretending to be someone else for money he can be found playing a princess, villain, superhero or horse in is recurring role as Vivienne’s father. Instagram @instalucas www.lucascalhoun.com

FitBump founder Kira Kohrherr, is an AFAA certified and ACE pre/postnatal certified personal trainer. With over 15 years experience, she works with moms striving for fit, healthy pregnancies.  In 2015, she created FitBump T3™: Targeted Trimester Training for moms searching to maintain a higher level of fitness through pregnancy and to actively prepare for labor. Kira 21X Half-Marathoner and 4X Marathoner, just became a first-time mom to son Rhys in August 2016. You can check out all her services at www.fitbump.com or follow her on Instagram and Twitter @Fitbump

Michelle Akin is a Professional Certified Coach in private practice, as well as a Program Leader in the Accomplishment Coaching Life Coach and Leadership Training Program. With a background in video production, improv and sketch comedy, and music, she works primarily with clients in creative industries. She is also a new Mom with a gorgeous baby girl, and plans for more on the way! Check out all her awesome coaching services at www.michelleakin.nyc Instagram: @MichelleAkin21 Twitter: @MichelleAkin

Amanda Rodriguez is the author of DudeMom, a humor, lifestyle blog, she launched in 2008 after she had her third male child and decided to embrace life as the only princess in the house. In addition to chronicling her experiences as a ridiculously stylish mom of boys, Amanda owns a photography business. She also works full time as a digital content producer and social media manager for small businesses that appreciate witty words and funny gifs as much as she does. Check out her site www.dudemom.com and follow her all around the interwebs @thedudemom.

Alexis Barad-Cutler is a children's book writer and essayist who writes candidly and often humorously about the "stuff no one talks about in Mom Group" for sites like Romper,  Well Rounded NY, Mommy Nearest, and The Huffington Post. Her writing runs the gamut from how to tell if your toddler has lice, to over-sharing crazy moms (ps that’s all of us), to being grateful for her c-sections. When she’s not practicing aerial yoga you can find her hitting the streets of Brooklyn with her two kiddos. Check out her website www.alexisbaradcutler.com Follow her on Twitter @alexisbcutler or on Instagram @alexisbaradcutler

Stephanie Ortiz is a SAHM of 6 who still can't quite figure out how she deviated from her original life plan of traveling the globe as a single, mad professor with too many cats & no kids. She enjoys blogging in her spare time, because it's cheaper than therapy. Ortiz is the creator of the award-winning parenting humor blog, Six Pack Mom (www.sixpackmom.com), & has been featured on Buzzfeed, Daily Mail, Huffington Post, Reader's Digest, & The Steve Harvey Show. She may maintain the facade of a mature, suburban housewife, but she's really an overgrown teenager that still enjoys pranking friends & air-guitaring to Nine Inch Nails. Follow her! @sixpackmom

Rebekah “Bex” Borucki, founder of BEXLIFE® and the BLISSED IN® wellness movement, is a TV host, meditation guide, author, speaker, birth doula, fitness and yoga instructor, and popular social media personality. Her first book, You Have 4 Minutes to Change Your Life: Simple 4-Minute Meditations for Inspiration, Transformation and True Bliss, was released by Hay House in February 2017. But if all that weren’t amazing enough, she is also a mom of 5 kids ages 19-2.5. Bex is not afraid to share the ridiculousness that comes with raising tiny humans while running a successful wellness brand. One of the reasons I love calling her my friend is because she inspires me and keeps it really, really real. www.bexlife.com Twitter & Instagram @bexlife

Here’s the truth about parenting, most of us have no clue what we’re doing. But we are experts at making stuff up as we go. So if you ever feel like you suck at raising those little humans, welcome to the club---population you, me, and EVERYONE else you know. The good news is I’m a writer, improv junkie, doula and mom of 4, and I’ve got your back. Every week I’m talking to some of the most raw, hysterical, and fearless kid raisers I know. Because the truth is--- we’re all just winging it. Welcome to Parenting on the Fly.