Hilary Jose on Going Back to School After Kids + Growing Up with Deaf Parents

Hilary Jose joins Bea and Anya on The Best for Your Nest to talk about growing up with deaf parents, becoming an advocate before she was even old enough to understand that role, and how that shaped the wife, mom, and future interpreter she is today. She shares what it was like marrying young, supporting her husband through medical school, raising three kids, and now going back to school herself after years as a stay-at-home mom. This is a real conversation about family, identity, resilience, marriage, motherhood, and finding your way back to a calling you once ran from. Hilary also shares her thoughts on parenting teenagers, building a strong partnership at home, making time for yourself, life in North Oaks and Shoreview, and why gratitude can bring you full circle. In this episode: Growing up with deaf parents Becoming an advocate at a young age Marriage through medical school and hard seasons Going back to school after raising kids Motherhood, identity shifts, and finding balance Parenting teens and staying connected as a family Life in the North Oaks / Shoreview area Why Hilary wants to serve the deaf community now, from gratitude not obligation