Nora was born on the south side of Chicago, then shortly whisked away to the Bay Area, then to Pittsburgh, & then back to Chicago before she was 10. She was a Communication-Theatre Major at the University of Dayton and much to her family’s surprise got a job in that industry with The Theatre League in NYC. For the next 3 years took a few career turns working in retail at Bloomingdales & then for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel. When her husband’s job transferred them to London, Nora decided to go back to school & get her MA in Acting. She studied at the East 15 School, outside of London, & it was an amazing experience! Also while in London, she became a mom! She & her husband continued to move around, having babies along the way. New York, Hoboken, South Bend, The Woodlands, and then back to Western Springs where she now lives with her husband & four kids. When not Podcasting, Nora directs at her kids’ school…finally putting that Theater degree to use! 

Raised in Scottsdale, Az and spending her summers in Beverly, Nora Westphal currently lives in Western Springs, Il  with her husband and 4 children. 

She is a mom, wife, sister, daughter, friend, and runner. She likes going out for dinner and monograms on everything. She likes checking her receipt at the grocery store to see how much she saved, and handwritten cards. She likes riding her bubble gum pink beach cruiser and iced tea and country music. She likes sharp #2 pencils and felt tip pens and fresh laundry and stationary. She loves her family her friends watching her children grow diet coke from a fountain running Friday nights old school hip-hop The 4th of July chardonnay manicures candy and summer. 

She is grateful to be living the suburban mom life, finds joy in the little things, and is thankful for her mostly uneventful, always special case life!