Kristen has dedicated much of her life trying to better support parents. Parents feel so much pressure to be a “perfect” parent – from making sure they spend hours cooking a healthy, homemade dinner to creating elaborate elf stunts around the holidays. Kristen was inspired to write her first children’s book, An Elf’s Journey Home, after the third night in a row she forgot to move her children’s elf. Her goal was to provide her children with a graceful way to move on to the next chapter in their holiday traditions.
Kristen is a serial entrepreneur and has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Female Founders by Inc Magazine for her company, Tierra Encantada, the Leader in Spanish Immersion Early Education®. Tierra Encantada features organic, fresh-cooked meals to expand young palates and is expanding nationally.
Kristen is a Minnesotan that loves tator tot hotdish, and knows it’s really duck, duck, grey duck! In her free time, she loves sharing her love of travel with her two young children.