About

Hi everyone

So happy you’re here – and taking some time to refresh yourself! Here’s a little about me. I am a mom of two boys, one with autism 💙. Mr. Diggy is non-verbal, but often very vocal – “digga digga” is one of his “signature” sounds. He is thirteen years old and we have been living in his world of autism for more than eleven years. Brother B is sixteen and is both empathetic and independent – true blessings in a special needs sibling.

We live on the San Francisco peninsula where my husband and I both have spent decades working at public high schools 👨‍🎓. As an autism mom and career educator, I am always pressed for time and looking for ways to do and be my best.  

We love to travel, but autism has slowed our travels. Instead, I try to “travel” as much as possible through cooking, reading, and Netflix 🌎. And we also work to fit a new brand of travel into our lives as well.

All of this has influenced why I fell in love with Color Street and love sharing it with others 😍. I don’t have time to spend an hour in a salon, but I LOVE having nice nails. It’s a few minutes a week of #selfcare that lets me have a manicure that brightens my day the rest of the week 🌈.

Refresh is a resource to support many of the challenges you may encounter in the days, weeks and months AFTER a diagnosis. This includes recipes, life hacks and, of course, a great new mani. So I hope you will join us in sharing recipes, nail tips, and anything else that refreshes you! 🍈

~ Lara