Christine Koh

Christine Koh

Christine Koh is a music and brain scientist turned writer, editor, designer, consultant, and impassioned conversationalist. She is the founder and editor of Boston Mamas (a lifestyle portal for families in Boston and beyond), the founder of the graphic design firm Posh Peacock, a digital strategist at Women Online, and a co-founder of The Mission List and Pivot Boston. Her first book, Minimalist Parenting: Enjoy Modern Family Life More by Doing Less will be published Spring 2013. Christine lives in the Boston area with her husband and daughters Laurel and Violet.

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The Power of One Mom: My Mom

This time last week I had just started to pack for Ethiopia. And while I was rifling through my cosmetics drawer, looking for travel sized samples, at the very last minute I grabbed a Clinique lipstick. I bought this lipstick last year and have rarely used it, but for some reason felt a strong urge

On the Brink

On the Brink

ONE Mom Christine Koh traveled to Ethiopia with ONE this October. This piece, originally published on Boston Mamas, is part of our ongoing coverage of the trip. Our final site visit in Ethiopia represented the awesome and the ironic. Muya (which means talent) is a woman-owned, fair trade business that has “made it” in many

ONE Moms visit ENGINE hub in rural Ethiopia

ONE Moms visit ENGINE hub in rural Ethiopia

ONE Mom Christine Koh traveled to Ethiopia with ONE this October. This piece, originally published on Boston Mamas, is part of our ongoing coverage of the trip. Ever since reading Roger Thurow’s The Last Hunger Season I’ve been thinking a lot about global food issues and about how simple agricultural educational practices (e.g., how to

Bright Future

Bright Future

ONE Mom Christine Koh is traveling to Ethiopia with ONE this October. This piece , originally published on Boston Mamas, is part of our ongoing coverage of the trip. The more Ethiopian families I’ve met and the longer the time apart from my family grows, I find myself increasingly wondering about how the girls are

A day of inspiration

A day of inspiration

ONE Mom Christine Koh is traveling to Ethiopia with ONE this October. This piece, originally published on Boston Mamas, is part of our ongoing coverage of the trip. Today was a day of inspiration. We rose at 4am and flew from Addis Ababa to Bahir Dar. We then spent many hours traversing bumpy rural roads

Magic at Mojo

Magic at Mojo

ONE Mom Christine Koh is traveling to Ethiopia with ONE this October. This piece, originally published on Boston Mamas, is part of our ongoing coverage of the trip. This morning the ONE Momsjourney took us to the Mojo secondary and primary schools inMojo, Ethiopia. Both schools operate at ~1:45 teacher/student ratio and benefit from the UK Department for

A Day of Hope

A Day of Hope

ONE Mom Christine Koh is traveling to Ethiopia with ONE this October. This piece, originally published on Boston Mamas, is part of our ongoing coverage of the trip. I have been a complete jumble of emotions since arriving in Addis Ababa on the ONE Moms mission trip. Yesterday, I was a bit of a wreck after

Arrival in Ethiopia and a visit to Mary Joy

Arrival in Ethiopia and a visit to Mary Joy

ONE Mom Christine Koh is traveling to Ethiopia with ONE this October. This piece, originally published on Boston Mamas, is part of our ongoing coverage of the trip. The beginning of my journey to Ethiopia was not ideal. I slept through my 3:30 am alarm and was woken to the sound of my phone ringing

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