Marika Lindholm Ph.D.

Dr. Marika Lindholm founded ESME.com to ignite a social movement of Solo Moms. A trained sociologist, Marika taught courses on inequality, diversity, and gender at Northwestern University for over a decade. After a divorce left her parenting two children on her own, she realized Solo Moms lacked much-needed resources, support, and connection. She built her social platform, Empowering Solo Moms Everywhere, out of this combination of academic and personal experience. Marika is also the co-editor of We Got This: Solo Mom Stories of Grit, Heart, and Humor, a frank, funny, and unflinchingly honest anthology that celebrates Solo Moms: their tenacity, courage, and fierce love for their children. She recently co-edited Between Us: Healing Ourselves and Changing the World Through Sociology. Marika can be reached at Marika@ESME.com.