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About Founder and Publisher Denise Courter

Denise Courter is the Founder of www.FiDiFamilies.com and is a working Mom of two children, ages 12 and 10. She is a California native who moved to New York City for an internet startup, Govworks.com, in 2000. The move to the Big Apple ultimately led her to career in Human Resources. She became a Human Resources consultant for Cantor Fitzgerald in September 2001, following the tragic events on 9/11. She worked closely with the team at the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund, the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund and the Human Resource Department to help rebuild the firm through 2009. She then pursued her career as a licensed group insurance broker with Crystal & Company and worked on Wall Street with successful hedge funds, professional sports teams, high-end luxury retail firms and non-profits throughout the United States.

In September 2012, the FiDi Families blog was launched and word quickly spread throughout the FiDi community that the blog was the best source of fun activities for the growing population of FiDi Families. Friends in surrounding neighborhoods asked her to publicize events in Tribeca and Battery Park and beyond and the blog evolved into a website that covered neighborhoods below 14th Street and all of Lower Manhattan. In the summer of 2013, Denise left the corporate world to pursue the official launch of the blog into a full-fledged website.

She is the former Lifestyle and Family Editor for DOWNTOWN Magazine NYC, and a contributor to the Today Show Parenting Team. She is a Disney Social Media Mom and participates in corporate events and blogger conferences around the country, including DSMM, BlogHer and the Mom 2.0 Summit. She is a member of the Peck Slip School and Spruce Street School PTA and a board member of the FiDi Neighborhood Association. She has also been an advisor for the Black Gotham Experience and on the Habitat for Humanity Leadership Council. FiDi Families is a proud sponsor of the Downtown Community Center Youth Basketball League and Downtown Little League.

The goal of FiDi Families is to be the best local online resource for fun activities for children of all ages in Lower Manhattan. Join the FiDi Families Newsletter for regular updates.

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Baseball season is here and this kid is pitching a Baseball season is here and this kid is pitching and hitting with focus and determination. Vitamin D for the soul. Baseball for the ❤️. Thankful for youth sports and the great outdoors! 

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To say that this past year has been challenging is To say that this past year has been challenging is the understatement of the century. Parents need the best guidance they can get and students need more academic support than ever before. 

The team at Intelligentsia Tutoring Co. offers full-service student support and personally tailored academic assistance in addition to the best college admissions consulting in NYC. They can help students develop the time management and organizational skills necessary for remote learning as well as deepen academic understanding and heighten achievement in virtually any subject. Getting ready to apply to specialized or independent high schools? Intelligentsia tutors are experienced guides and test prep experts. Looking for college admissions help or SAT/ACT preparation? Last year, Intelligentsia helped the class of 2020 gain acceptance into Columbia, Stanford, Cornell, Williams, CalTech, Rice, and Vanderbilt, to name a few, with many of them being accepted in EA/ED rounds.

Intelligentsia is a valuable resource for FiDi Families and offers a complimentary consultation to see how the Intelligentsia can support students of all ages. Link in bio. 

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Save the Date for 3 different community workshops, Save the Date for 3 different community workshops, hosted by @nyphospital and @weillcornell via Zoom. Details are on our website. Link in bio. 

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Easter Egg Hunt 2021. Success! All eggs found and Easter Egg Hunt 2021. Success! All eggs found and the Peeps eating has begun!  Happy 🐣 Easter!

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NYC city kids...(scratch that) NYC tweens have tak NYC city kids...(scratch that) NYC tweens have taken over Florida and we couldn’t be happier. Now I understand why they call Miami/FL “NY South”. We have been lucky to catch up with sooo many of our school families and friends. 

Grateful that our kids (and parents) get this socialization after a year of remote learning. 

Friends are the best gift ever. Memories of a lifetime. Grateful that we had the best weather, so many outdoor activities and expert mask-wearers. 

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If you are a fan of the Netflix series Nailed It!, If you are a fan of the Netflix series Nailed It!, head over to our link in our bio, to purchase tickets for the home version of this fun show. Join us as we try our hand at baking, with all the supplies mailed to your home. 

Join other amateur bakers in the Nailed It! At Home Experience, a hilarious culinary experience, brought to you by Netflix and Fever, where you all will virtually go head-to-head with other bakers. Baking and decorating ingredients will be sent to your home, along with step-by-step instructions for making tasty delights (or so it goes...).

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