The SpecialMoms Parenting Magazine 2nd Issue | Page 24

Isabella Yosuico of Mighty Tykes
I’m near completion of an MS in Management
(Public Relations focus) at the University of
Maryland University College where I also
earned a BA in Communications.
Born in Calfornia and raised in Maryland, I
currently live in arts colony Berkeley Springs,

terrific older brother to Isaac. Isaac just turned
four. He’s also all boy, though he’s extremely
musical, and loves to sing and dance.
My stepson, Josh, is an outdoorsman and special
needs teacher in Montana, and my stepdaughter,
Megan, is a nurse in North Carolina and loves to

“When he loves,
he loves with
abandon and joy.
I want more of all
of that!”
West Virginia with my husband Ray and
children, Pierce (7) and Isaac (4). I also have
two grown stepkids, Megan and Josh, and two
step-grandkids, Hunter and Logan.
I love running, reading, crafts, cooking, and
travel.

Tell us about your family.
My husband Ray is an addictions counselor for
a D.C.-based charity S.O.M.E. Trained as artist
at Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute, Ray still paints…
one of the reasons me moved to this quaint arts
town.
My son Pierce is seven and is the consummate
jock. High energy, bright and funny, he is a

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shop. Our grandsons, Hunter (13) and Logan
(9), are very active with sports and school. We’re
in close contact.

Share with us the diagnosis of your
child with special needs. How did you
find out?
Isaac has Trisomy 21, better known as Down
syndrome. I learned he was likely to have some
kind of genetic condition at my first 12-week
prenatal check-up. Ray and I elected not to
have further testing to confirm a diagnosis, so
I actually found Isaac had Downs a few hours
after he was born.

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