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parents nationwide. Welcome to the mom room podcast. My name is Renee Rina and I am definitely the mom friend

you have always wanted. Welcome to the Tuesday episode. Today I am talking with Joe Piazza.

And I will tell you a little bit about my journey into doing what I do now and also how I came across Joe and her podcast under the influence.

So in March 2020, I finished my PhD. Finally, I did my undergrad. I did my master's. I did my PhD.

And I finally finished days before Toronto was put into a quarantine. So it was like, yay, you did all this

work for 10 plus years. And now you're stuck in a house with your

toddler. So I did what everybody else did. I downloaded TikTok. I started making TikToks.

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