2022 S.M.I.L.E. AWARDS

Jenni Taysom lives in Alaska with her husband and six children. She created the S.T.E.E.R. coaching technique, which Momivators can use to support the mothers they serve. She graduated from BYU with a degree in English, enjoys traveling, and is a certified life coach — read more about her here. 

Janeen Brady is best known for being the creator of Brite Music, a whole collection of songs that teach children critical life lessons ranging in subject from hygiene to honesty, patriotism and strong families, being drug-free, and avoiding dangerous situations. Janeen is the mother of 9 children, grandmother of 44, and great grandmother of 28 and counting!

Plane crash survivor Stephanie Nielson is a wife and the mother of five children, one of whom was born after Stephanie’s 2008 crash (where she was burned over 80% of her body). In 2009, She was honored by Oprah Winfrey with a similar award of inspiration for her blog: NieNieDialogues. She currently lives in North Carolina.

Single mom Lisa Valentine Clark is a “momedian” who helps moms find the fun and the funny in motherhood. She is an actress seen on BYUtv, she stars in the ChatBooks commercials, and is featured on a YouTube channel called Pretty Darn Funny. Lisa currently has a podcast called The Lisa Show. She is raising her five children as a single mom since July 2020, when she lost her husband to ALS. 

Marlene Peterson’s website, www.WellEducatedHeart.com is “Dedicated to building a community of families who are learning to restore the lost arts of educating hearts.  We seek to preserve a culture of faith, freedom and family and a love of the good, the true and the beautiful.”
Many, many mothers have gained a great deal of purpose through this perspective, as well as the tools to pursue this vision for their own families. Marlene lives in Virginia with her family.