Happy Weekend Y’all! I got a real spring break this week! I explain more in this post here, but TLDR, I got 15 hours back to myself this week, and during that time got my first haircut in over a year, grabbed IRL coffee with Hello Nanny!’s CEO Stephanie Fornaro, and caught up with “Mommy Goes to Work” Author Jossy Lee (thanks so much for a copy of the book, it’s TOO relatable!)
P.S. Both Stephanie and Jossy are supporting the upcoming Career, Care, Connection Virtual Summit, May 12-15!
Career, Care, Connection Virtual Summit (May 12-15) - What’s New This Week!
The Power of a Low Income Year - featuring Stork & Spark and RightWise Wealth
Upcoming Events
Parent Supportive Open Roles
I’ll be sharing some big summit updates in our upcoming newsletters between now and the summit. Remember you can use code “FRIEND” for $10 off any ticket type. That gets you in the door for only $15, for 4 jam-packed days of actionable takeaways and inspiration!
Update 1 (✨New Session) - We’ve added an additional, high impact session on Friday 5/15. Join Capital One Executive (formerly Google and Stripe Director) Chaitali Narla, and she shares her framework on improving connection through setting boundaries. Be sure to add this to your schedule! You can also follow her work on newsletter ChaiTime, and in some great guest posts, including “Drop the Ball: A Strategic Guide to Letting Go” in the LevelUp Newsletter, and here on Stork Bites, sharing her framework on Strategic Parental Leave Planning.
Update 2 (🎁Perks & Giveaways) - We’ve opened a new section on the summit site for offers and giveaways for summit registrants. We’ll be adding more over the coming weeks, and if you’re interested to add your offer, please email info@storkandspark.com! Some initial offers
All Attendees - $15 off your first month of membership at Society of Working Moms (our official Community Partner)
Book Giveaway - 15 copies of Leslie Forde’s Repair With Self-Care, Your Guide to the Mom’s Hierarchy of Needs.
Book Giveaway - 12 copies of the Power Pause (contributed by Kate, founder of Society of Working Moms
Update 3 (💸Fundraising for AI credits) - We’ve raised nearly $1,000 from this post alone, to cover the cost of Lovable AI credits for attendees of our Solo-building with AI - Getting Started on Lovable with Real-Time Building session on Thursday 5/14. The context here - we’re trying to give all session attendees 100 credits for building, which costs $25 per attendee. With the $1000, we’ve covered 40 attendees. We anticipate over 200 session attendees (currently at 40), so our fundraising goal is $5000!
THE ASK → We need your help to reach our goal of **$5,000** and provide 100 AI credits to 200 attendees ($25 each). Here’s our current progress:
💰 Current Goal: $5,000 | 📈 Raised So Far: $1,000 (Thank you!) | 🏆 Milestone Check: 20% of the way there! | 🎯 Next Target: Help us reach **$2,500 (50%)** by the end of next week.
WHAT YOU GET:
✅ Direct Impact: Help level the playing field for women in AI.
✅ Recognition: A sponsor call-out on the event page (see Aparna and Elles!)
✅ Visibility: A spot on our Village Wall (my first Lovable project, see wall below!)
*If you have questions about sponsorship or want to contribute a different amount, please reach out to kelly@storkandspark.com
A low-income year - whether for caretaking or for starting a new business - can feel vulnerable. Yet this is a situation many of us find ourselves in, intentionally or through circumstance.
Turns out though - there is financial power in a low income year! That’s why I am joining RightWise Wealth CEO (and mama) Caitlyn Driehorst, and Financial Advisor Hannah Farrow for a conversation on the power of a low income year, and how to turn what feels vulnerable, into intention and strategy. You can register here, for our session, Thursday April 16th at 1pm PT. Recordings will be available for all registrants.
[And, A Quick Word From Our Newsletter Sponsor, RightWise Wealth]
“Kindergarten: when you should start investing in a 529 – or when you should target being done? Financial advisor and Boston Consulting Group alumna Caitlyn Driehorst of RightWise Wealth wants to show you how frontloading a 529 could double the extent to which your child’s college tuition is covered by investment gains and tax breaks, rather than cash you have to earn by working. See the charts and read her blog post here. (Marketing disclosures here.)”
With Kelly (me!)
Parenting Skills as Leadership Assets (with Coach Kelly). Reframing motherhood traits (empathy, crisis management, negotiation) as highly marketable executive skills. (This is for members of the Society of Working Moms. Explore membership here, use code FRIEND2FRIEND for $15 off)
Wednesday April 8, 10 am PT
(Bay Area Based) Rewriting the Founder Playbook. Building & Scaling While Raising a Family. Hosted by MomFounder Collective
Tuesday April 14th, 11:30am-1:30pm PT.
Stork & Spark is a proud sponsor!
The Power of A Low Income Year. A low-income year - whether for caretaking or for starting a new business - can feel vulnerable. Turns out though - there is financial power in a low income year! Join this webinar with me and RightWise Wealth Team to explore!
Thursday April 16th, 1pm PT
Career Care Connection Summit - For Women Redefining Success at Work and At Home. Join 1,000+ career-driven parents and allies and 20+ industry-leading voices at the Career, Care, & Connection Summit for 4 days of expert guidance, real stories, and a peer community that understands what you are navigating.
May 12–15, 2026 | 9 - 2PM PST / 12 - 5PM PST | Multi-day Virtual Summit | Actionable Takeaways
Use code “FRIEND” for $10 off any ticket type
Paid annual newsletter subscribers, dm or email me for a code for complimentary Community Pass ($97)
With Vetted Friends & Partners
(Free Virtual w/ Chief Mama Officer) Masterclass: Own Your Triggers, Reclaim Your Responses.
Wednesday April 8th, 10am PT.
P.S. Chief Mama Officer Founder Jennie Yang will be a summit speaker on panel “From Employee To Entrepreneur”)
(Free Virtual) Build Your Authentic Network w/ Guest Yao Huang Hosted by Katie Schlott (Founder & Inc. Magazine Author) with guest Yao Huang (VC and Wonder Women Dinner Founder)
Thursday April 9th, 2-3pm PT
(Free Virtual w/ Auggie) Raising Resilient Kids in the Age of Information.
Monday April 13th, 11am - 11:45 am PT
P.S. Auggie Founder and CEO Lily Walla will be panel speaker on our Summit session “Raising Funds and Families!”).
(Free, IRL with Vantage) Vantage - a highly- curated event for the Bay Area’s leading women founders and technologists. We move away from traditional networking to focus on the precision and strategy required to build and scale.
Wednesday April 22nd, 12-2:30 PM PT
(Free Virtual) Build Your Authentic Network w/ Guests Kristen Field and Alex Jacobson Hosted by Katie Schlott (Founder & Inc. Magazine Author) with guests Kristen Field (Executive Director of Friends of Presence), and Alex Jacobson (President, Friends of Presence)
Thursday April 23rd, 1-2pm PT
📣 Parent supportive, flexible and remote roles - customer success, analytics, and sales. These came to me directly from the CRO of Angler AI. She specifically said…
“We are a small ad tech startup with lots of momentum. Fully remote, benefits, and very parent friendly culture (most of us are parents of very young children). Hope this can help someone who is looking.”
*Reminder I am not the recruiter for these roles, but I am your advocate! If you’d like to work 1:1 in a modern networking and job search approach fit for parents - you can book a service here.
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💻💲Angler AI | Director of Analytics (Remote) | $160,000 - $220,000
💻💲Angler AI | Customer Success Manager (Remote) | $80k-$120k
💻💲Angler AI | Sales Engineer (Remote) | $100,000 - $120,000
Thanks for reading! If there is someone in your world who might find this useful, please share! Feedback, comments, suggestions? Reply directly - I’d love to hear it!
Want to work with me? Check out my services here, reply to this newsletter, or dm me wherever you find me!
Cheers,
Kelly | Founder @ Stork & Spark
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