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ANN IMIG National Director, Director/Producer Madison–A stay-at-home humorist, Ann began inflicting herself upon your internet with her blog Ann’s Rants in 2008. Her writing appears on numerous sites includingMcSweeney’s Internet Tendency and College Humor. Babble recently named her their 2011 funniest Top 50 Twitter Mom, BlogHer named her a 2010-2012 Voice Of The Year, and her 5 and 8 year old boys deemed her The Most Annoying Boss of Everything. Ann founded the live-reading series Listen To Your Mother, spurring a national movement giving Mother’s Day a Microphone. Ann also serves on the Board of Directors for Violence Unsilenced.com.

 

LOVELYN PALM Director/Producer Northwest Indiana is a registered nurse turned mom to nine kids ages 11 to infant twins. Yes, nine children. You can tell her how full her hands are, but she’ll just tell you that her heart is, too. Lovelyn writes about life with a large family, adoption & the little moments that really are big at Moments with LoveShe shared her passion for vulnerable children & orphans around the world as a cast member in Northwest Indiana’s 2011 LTYM with her piece, The Motherless. She firmly believes that every person has a story & is honored to help some of them be heard.