About

Hi, I’m Felicia, and I help exhausted moms survive modern motherhood without a support system and on a limited budget.

I started Mama Needs a Village because I knew I couldn’t be the only mom without a desire to keep up with influencer-driven parenting.

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What you’ll find here

Mama Needs a Village is a space for:

  • Realistic parenting advice for low- and middle-income families

  • Mental health support for burnt-out moms

  • Money tips that prioritize sustainability, not aesthetics

  • Resources and tools to help you find your people and protect your peace

More About Me

Before I became a mom, I spent years working in psychiatric hospitals, schools, and crisis units supporting:

  • Adults in deep distress

  • Kids with developmental and mental health challenges (including autism)

  • Families who were just doing their best to hold it all together

I also worked in mental health administration and earned my Master of Science in Healthcare Management. So when I say I understand how systems fail people and what real support looks like, I mean it.

These days, I’m putting all that experience to use in a different way: as a mom, a writer, and a resource for other parents who are tired of trying to do it all alone.

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I met my husband when we were both 36—never married, no kids, just two fully formed humans with our own baggage and no interest in pretending otherwise. Our marriage isn’t perfect. It’s not “#relationahipgoals.” But it’s works. We’re not here to fix each other; we’re here to try and accept one another while raising our son with more love, intention, and practical wisdom than we got growing up.

We’re on a very non-influencer budget. Our income is under six figures and pretty inconsistent thanks to my freelance work. We don’t take glamorous vacations or do family photo shoots in matching outfits. Our house is functional, not Pinterest-pretty.

But we do make smart decisions with the money we have. We spend intentionally, save where we can, and try to invest in things that give our son the step up we never had—without stretching ourselves thin in the process.

I’m in my mom era. I want to be present. I want flexibility. I want to work from home without sacrificing my sanity or my child’s needs. And I want to help other moms do the same—without guilt, without shame, and without being told to hustle harder or manifest more.