Valerie Moloney

Chicagoan and Filipino-American Valerie Moloney has worn many hats in her 20+ years as a professional: beat reporter; digital manager; social strategist; restaurant critic; even obit writer. At her heart, she's an observer. When she's not pouring through analytics dashboards, she's on the hot yoga mat in puppy pose or figuring out what to feed her three kids for dinner.

Hey You—You’re Enough

An essay on motherhood, particularly the precarious balance of passing on your parents’ culture, but not their immigrant trauma

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Collage of photos of writer Valerie Moloney's children

I’m Half Irish (Today)—Wait, Who’s Asking?

Writer and badass mama Valerie Moloney on raising confident, compassionate bicultural kids

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