Amity Hook-Sopko is the Executive Editor and Publisher of Green Child. After being a contributor to Green Child’s digital magazine, she took over the editor role in Spring of 2012.
Her work has appeared in New York Magazine, Washington Post, Parents, Los Angeles Times, Hello Magazine, Motherly, US Magazine, Earth 911, MSN, Yahoo News, Huffington Post, Scary Mommy, She Knows, American Kennel Club, Bob Vila, and Lifehacker.
Amity spent the first 10 years of her career in corporate sales and marketing for a Fortune 500 company. In sales, she traveled and worked with retail brands like Target and JCPenney. She later served as the Director of Marketing for an apparel company.
She spent two years as a stay-at-home mom before beginning her freelance writing career, partnering with sustainable businesses and mission-driven brands. And in the early days of blogging, she created a site dedicated to green gift giving.
Here’s what she shares about her treasured role at Green Child Magazine:
Pulling together that first issue was a dream come true. I had more ideas than our little team could possibly fit into one issue. But there we were – long days and late nights after our kids went to bed, embracing the challenges and hoping we could do justice to the vision we had for Green Child. Not to mention the privilege of (and a huge dose of nerves that came along with) interviewing celebrities like Jessica Alba, Mariel Hemingway, and Mayim Bialik.
Since those early days, I’ve been honored to work with hundreds of natural parenting experts, leaders in green living, holistic wellness specialists, and amazing parents who are trying their best to raise healthy, compassionate kids in a complicated world.
While my own children are much taller than me now, I still remember the joys and challenges of every stage of mothering. The topics that first drew me to Green Child—supporting mothers, breastfeeding, babywearing, and reducing toxic exposures—remain close to my heart.
Experience
Amity has a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Political Science from Western Kentucky University.
She has been interviewed or written guest features for New York Magazine, Washington Post, Parents, Los Angeles Times, Hello Magazine, Motherly, US Magazine, Earth 911, MSN, Yahoo News, Huffington Post, Scary Mommy, She Knows, American Kennel Club, Bob Vila, and Lifehacker.
Between college and her role at Green Child, she spent 10 years in corporate sales and marketing for a Fortune 500 company. She later served as the Director of Marketing for an apparel company.
Long before Green Child, she helped pay her way through college working swing shifts in an aluminum factory. The long hours, steel-toed boots, and missed summer pool parties taught her lessons in perseverance and hard work that still shape the way she leads today.
Interests
My free time generally involves my husband and our two sons. We love spending time outside – me in my garden or with the family at the beach or on our paddleboards. Our family enjoys sports, especially baseball. The kids and I love movies, and our youngest is involved in theater and filmmaking.
I recharge through creative projects and reading. For some people, their most-used app is a social media platform. Mine is Libby – the public library’s free app. You might also find me bringing ideas to life through home renovation projects or planning a trip to catch a Broadway show or explore a new country.
If you have a question or a topic you’d like us to cover, please contact me. Or if you’d just like to keep up with what’s going on in the Green Child world and hear from me regularly, get our weekly email.
Reader Favorites by Amity
These are a few of Amity’s articles that resonate most with parents.
The Benefits of Sequential Daylight Exposure – my latest health obsession
Learning to Trust Your Instincts as a Parent
How Blue Light Affects Kids’ Sleep
Why Kids Should Spend More Time Barefoot
Mantras to Help You Through the Hard Days
Moms Agree: It’s Time to Say Goodbye to the Goodie Bag
Again, I’m so glad you’re here. I hope you find what you need to help you along your natural parenting journey, but if you need any help – just ask!
Contact Amity
You can email me: editor@greenchildmagazine.com or message me via LinkedIn.