Angie V Martin
Angie was born and raised in Panama and attended college in Massachusetts, after which she took a couple of years to work in Boston and enjoy the nightlife before attending law school. Soon after becoming an attorney, Angie got married to the love of her life. They set down roots in Jamaica Plain, where they welcomed their firstborn, Henry, in 2012. Angie now lives in Nahant with her husband and two children (little Eloisa was born in 2015) as well as their rescue Boxer dog, Hobie.
Angie is passionate about public interest law and serves as the pro bono director at Veterans Legal Services, a nonprofit legal services firm serving Massachusetts military veterans. Angie is also a certified life and leadership coach and loves supporting women and mothers on their journeys in their personal and professional lives. In addition to feeling honored to be a contributing writer for Boston Moms, Angie also enjoys writing in, and translating Boston Moms articles into, Spanish — she is a firm believer in ensuring every Boston mom feels like she/they belong here!
YMCA Memberships :: Why Our Family Loves Ours
This is not a sponsored post. I just truly love my local YMCA!
Your first YMCA experience might have been be listening to the song by The Village People. Or maybe it was actually visiting...
I Resent My Husband for His Hobbies
Fishing, scuba diving, snorkeling, knitting, welding, auto body, tying flies, painting lures, building stuff, gardening.
There’s more. But that’s a pretty solid list of my husband’s hobbies. And he’s actually quite good at these. They’re...
10 Ideas for a Friend Date — Without “Drinks”
I've grown tired of the expectation that any time people make plans to catch up after a long while or relax and spend some time together, all we seem to be able to come...
I Take an Overnight “Mom Break” Once in a While — And So Should...
Parenting is exhausting. This we probably all can agree on.
Many of us love the fact that we find ourselves in the adventure of a lifetime, and we might see our children as the biggest...
The Reality of Living with an Exhausting and Invisible Chronic Illness
To the passerby, and even to many people who know me quite well, I seem like a thriving and healthy 40-something professional woman, wife, and mother of two kids. And in the grand scheme...
Ready, Set, Mini Golf! 8 Boston-Area Courses for Family Fun
I don’t know about you, but I tend to forget about mini golf as a fun family activity unless I’m on vacation and my kids notice a mini golf spot and beg us to...
I’m a Mom Who Yells — and I’m Worried I’ve Scared My Kids
I have been a mother for 10 years. I have two children whom I love with everything I’ve got. They both know it, and my relationship with both of them is very close and...
Can We Stop Sharing Our Kids’ Percentiles on Social Media?
We've all seen it on Facebook or Instagram. Many of us have also done it. We have most likely thought little of it other than that it’s a happy parent (most commonly a mom)...
Visiting Boston :: Best Tourist Spots
Believe it or not, sometimes you can live in a city for years before you tour it as a visitor. At least that’s what happened to me. I lived in Boston for a year...
Our Family’s New Tradition :: Family Fun Night!
We all know parenting doesn’t come with an instruction manual. And for the past nine years of parenthood, my husband and I have been figuring things out as we go while also getting tips...
She Said, “You’re Doing Great, Mom!” and She Was Right
I recently opened up to my fellow Boston Moms writers about the fact that I’ve been feeling inadequate about the work I put into my youngest child’s academics. One of them said to me,...
Mom to Mom :: Trust Your Intuition
When it comes to intuition, there’s the regular kind, and then there’s the “mother’s intuition” kind. And there’s good reason for that. Yes, it’s a thing. And it should be trusted. We moms know...