Previous Owner
Lee Ann owned Portland Mom Collective from 2017 through 2022.
She first moved to Portland in 2008 following an eight-year stint in Paris, France, where her oldest was born. Though she was certain nowhere could compete with the City of Lights, the City of Roses immediately stole her heart. More than a decade in, she still loves Portland and couldn’t imagine a better place to raise her four kids.
While in France, she earned a B.A. in Journalism and a Master’s in Linguistics at the American University of Paris and L’Universite de Paris – La Sorbonne, respectively. Once back in the United States, she completed the Portland State University graduate program in Speech and Hearing Sciences. Throughout her studies, she kept one foot in the digital world, writing content for a variety of publications and creating websites for some fun and interesting clients.
After many years as a medical Speech Pathologist, she left to the field to continue writing through her company, Gulch Media, and later to become the owner of Portland Mom Collective. Her work has been featured in The Oregonian, Portland Monthly, and over a dozen national newspapers. In 2021, she returned health care full-time, where she now works in communications.
She likes to spend whatever “me” time she can muster making soap, geocaching, jogging, practicing yoga, or sewing.
