Desiree Allen
Mom. Freelance writer. Business owner. Colorado native transplanted in New Jersey.
Desiree Allen is a thirty-something single parent with two children. A native of Denver, Colorado, she lived there until 2009, when she moved across the country to northern New Jersey with her kids. She is doing her best to avoid 'picking up' a Jersey accent, but she's not making promises that she won't eventually start sounding like some of her new friends.
As an Ambassador of Barefoot Books, Desiree has worked closely with schools and families in an effort to encourage literacy in her community and across the USA. She is publisher of a free newsletter and online publication which delivers the scoop on all the family-friendly events and activities happening in Parsippany, NJ each week. You can read some of Desiree's freelance work on parenting sites MomItForward.com and JerseyMomsBlog.com.
A former Sweet Adeline, Desiree believes there is nothing better than singing. She’s in good company with her belief — a great jazz singer named Ella Fitzgerald once was quoted as saying: “The only thing better than singing is more singing.”