Today we’d like to introduce you to Tyler Rakay.
Hi Tyler, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
My story is so relatable and unrelatable. I’m a creative extrovert who found the love of my life in a man 17 years older than me when I was 19. Woah, right? Yet, we’ve spent 11 amazing years together raising two boys, a dog, and more recently, some fish in a pretty typical blue-collar/stay-at-home mom family dynamic. I joined and supported him in running his company while we started our family during the first few years.
Meanwhile, I learned the ins & outs of business and received certificates in event planning/management/design from home. The company eventually sold, and when our oldest boy started school, I organized the non-profit Parent Teacher Organization within the first year of volunteering with the crazy idea that I was going to change the stigma behind PTO Parents. Well, within two years, our awesome parents raised over 50k, and we made waves in our community by doing extraordinary projects for our school, teachers, students, and families with only parent volunteers!
Last year, I started using social media to share my daily vlogs, projects/DIYs, and behind-the-scenes, honestly just trying to inspire, share, and have little fun. The outpouring of support and curiosity for both my relationship and the PTO organization has been incredible. I feel like my story is still being written as you caught me in the middle of a chapter halfway through the book. And maybe my story isn’t the most relatable or typical, but as I keep sharing everything from PTOlife to my age gap relationship, I hope to inspire women to carve their own path to happiness.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
My story is full of struggles just like anyone else but I’m annoyingly optimistic so I tend to share in a positive light.
My content is typically light-hearted with missteps along the way.
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I started sharing on social media about a year ago and it’s been a crazy ride! Six million people watched me make a ramen noodle sandwich.
While another few million saw my family and I stay in our home during Hurricane Ian. I’m mostly known for being a cool PTO mom with tons of DIYs, projects, and event planning with a little bit of behind-the-scenes sprinkled in.
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