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Earlier this month we shared the story of Zoé, a young businesswoman and bona fide Gabgirl who has benefited from developing a mentorship with Gab. Zoé developed Zoé Paints, a greeting card company featuring her watercolor painting of fruit and trees (this year!). Zoé donates 50% of her profits to local non-profits.  We are so proud to watch her continue her business in 2023! Check out our Gabgirl’s entrepreneur middle schooler, Zoé selling her hand painted cards at The Yarmouth Farmer’s Market. The new cards joining the Zoé Paints family are tree-themed, and Zoé donated 50% of all proceeds to The Arbor Day Foundation.   ...

  How do we decide what to be when we grow up? What's the best way to help our kids explore what their paths could look like, or how they define success? At Mad Gab's, we take these questions seriously and they are the founding principles we use to help the next generation in our Gabgirl's programs. Gab likes to say she started Mad Gab's by flunking math and working with monkeys. And while both of those things are true, the story obviously has more to it. While re-taking the last of many failed math classes in order to graduate...

That’s me—in my last hour at the castle, having some fun with fellow castle-dweller-artist-friends and some crowns that begged to be a prop of some sort. It’s been a little over two months since I returned from my month-long residency in the beautiful Chateau de la Napoule in France. In early 2022 I decided to do something brave and apply for a residency so I could finally find a space to write the origin story of Mad Gab’s, which I've been telling in different arenas for years. I had never applied to a residency, nor did I expect to be...

They thought they were getting burritos.  Christmas growing up was always jam-packed with family, food, and friends.  We often traveled to visit our relatives in California, and usually that meant flying from Massachusetts to San Francisco on Christmas Day. For the cheap flights, of course.  That was back in the day when airlines tried to entertain passengers and I was always happy to play whatever game was happening. I remember one year, when I was about twelve, the flight attendants handed out cocktail napkins and challenged us with writing down the names of all of Santa’s reindeers and hitting the “call” button. Being...