CONTRIBUTORS This month, we asked our contributors: In one word, what makes a great mom?
A PUBLICATION OF AW MEDIA INC.
VOLUME 18, ISSUE 5
DAWN WESTON
Publisher NIKI JONES
CHANTAL RICE
Creative Director
Managing Editor COURTNEY RUNN
KRISTEN KILPATRICK Cover photographer, “Sparking Joy,” Page 60 •c hased a family tree, traveling to four countries with her 88-year-old grandmother, Mimi, camera in hand • photographed her mother’s recipes for a book
Assistant Editor
• chased wild horses with film and a dear friend A great mom in one word: unconditional
SAM PITKIN
Marketing and Events Manager
MONIKA KELLEY CHRISTINA RINKEN-FABIANICH MEGAN WEDDLE
Account Executives
HANNAH J. PHILLIPS Cover writer, “Sparking Joy,” Page 60
LESLIE WILLIAMSON
Sales and Production Coordinator CONTRIBUTORS
•w rites about food, travel, entrepreneurship and interior design for local, national and international magazines • once took an eight-hour ferry ride to the Shetland Islands just to see them for the day
Editorial: Brianna Caleri, Alexis Green, Jenny Hoff, Abby Hopkins, Niki Jones, Sabrina LeBoeuf, Regine Malibiran, Hannah J. Phillips, Lucy J. Phillips, Courtney Runn, Gretchen M. Sanders, Marsha Stephanson
• learned everything she knows from her mom’s carpe-diem travel philosophy A great mom in one word: courage
Art: Jamie Crouse Gwynn, Misha Hettie, Niki Jones, Kristen Kilpatrick, Moyo Oyelola, Taylor Prinsen, Mackenzie Smith Kelley, Marina Wanders, Madison Weakley, Jessica Wetterer, Sam Wormald INTERNS
Lexi Ashbury, Alexis Green, Abby Hopkins, Rebeccah Macías, Gianni Zorrilla
JESSICA WETTERER Illustrator, “Women in Numbers,” Page 22 • captured a scorpion by hand (and cup) in Costa Rica • ate 56 tacos in two weeks on a solo trip through Mexico • illustrated a children’s book about a mischievous black cat A great mom in one word: home
MELINDA GARVEY
KIP GARVEY
Co-founder/Owner
CEO/Owner
SAMANTHA STEVENS
Co-founder
ASHLEY GOOLSBY
CFO
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BRIANNA CALERI Writer, “The Mother Lode,” Page 68 • has written more than 20,000 words for Austin Woman • accidentally become a photographer • loves herself A great mom in one word: openness
COVER NOTES Photo by Kristen Kilpatrick, kristenkilpatrick.com Shot on location at The Wayback Cafe & Cottages, waybackaustin.com
