The podcast is one year old today! It's hard to believe it's been a year already, but thank you everyone for your support! To celebrate, I've invited a very special guest on. Cassandra Franzese is the principal of MESA Charter High School in Buschwick, Brooklyn. She's also a mother of 1 (very adorable little baby). And she's my wife! TOPICS COVERED: How does being a teacher and principal inform the way that you’re a parent? Is having a baby hard? The difficulty of being a working parent and having to go to an office every day Having a rigid work schedule How having a kid can help you change your relationship with work  How to balance everything Tips for self care Being a parent in the education space Switching gender roles in a relationship The impact we have on our kids psyche Advice for ambitious women that want to focus on career and family Advice for parents with rigid works schedules in an office Best advice you’ve ever received  Advice for your former self  Advice for me EPISODE LINKS: Cassandra's LinkedIn SHOW LINKS: contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ Linktree:⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents⁠⁠  Musical credit: Hippie Beatnix (ID 1913) by Lobo Loco CC-by-nc-nd