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Rachael McMillan: A former high school teacher who now is spending time at home with her two children, Jack and Kate, McMillan is a freelance writer and reading tutor.
Jennifer Newell
Jennifer Newell: A Savoy resident and mom of two, Jennifer Newell is the owner of chambanamoms.com partner Bella Bambini, which recently relocated to 1422 S. Neil St. in Champaign (just north of Kirby Ave.). Newell also blogs on the Bella Bambini website.
Erin Nieto: Erin Nieto has lived in Champaign-Urbana for nearly all of her life, and heads Erin S. Nieto Fine Art Appraisal in addition to being a busy mom of two. More of her essays on motherhood and culture can be found at www.cheapisexpensive.net.
Aubrie Williams: Aubrie Williams is an all-around journalist, Chambanamoms managing editor, and University of Illinois graduate who is happy to have gotten “stuck” in Champaign-Urbana. She is the doting mother of three daughters, dutiful wife of one lucky husband, and loving caretaker to two cats and one insanely messy house.
Jennifer Wilson: Jennifer Wilson is a water scientist by day and moonlights as an online scrapbooking educator and writer. Her pregnancy would not be complete, like most of her life, without documenting the details on the Internet.
Trish Wilkinson: Married for 24 years and the mother of two boys ages 18 and 14 (first born by unplanned cesarean; the second was a VBAC), Trish was a child and family therapist for 15 years before becoming a doula in 2001. She started Tree of Life Doula Services and Birth Resources in 2005 and has attended more than 250 births, including cesareans. She is a certified doula through Doulas of North America, as well as licensed clinical social worker for the state of Illinois.
