Founder of Malibu Nannies. Career nanny. Mom of two boys.

I started my career as a nanny for high-profile families across Los Angeles, including some of today’s most recognizable households. Those years gave me a front-row seat to what families in Malibu, Calabasas, and the Westside need from the people who help them raise their children.

But the story actually starts in Maine.

I was 15 years old. I couldn’t drive yet. I found a family on Craigslist with four kids who needed a mother’s helper, and I started showing up after school. That family became my second family. They taught me how to travel with kids, how siblings actually bond, how a mother holds it all together when no one’s watching. They took me on my first big trips. They welcomed a fifth child while I was there. They shaped everything I would later believe about what care looks like inside a home.

That was over fifteen years ago. We’re still close. Most of those kids are in college now. One of them has a baby of her own.

I tell that story because it’s the truest thing I can tell you about how I see this work. A nanny isn’t a service. She’s a person who becomes part of how a family lives.

So when I became a mom of two boys myself and watched the big, corporate-feeling agencies from the inside, I knew I had to build something different. Malibu Nannies is small on purpose. I personally interview every nanny we present. I run the references myself. I take a limited number of new families each season.

It’s slower. It’s also the entire point.

From the families I nannied for, before the agency:

“Brooke did everything for our family, from taking care of our newborn to helping with homework, sibling squabbles, meals, laundry, errands, bedtimes and overnights. She was capable of caring for all the kids at once, and she showed a level of calm and patience that we couldn’t even muster up as their parents. Honestly, she feels like part of our family. She is a rare find.”

Erica B. – Yarmouth, Maine. Eleven years, five children.

“Her baby-whispering skills were unmatched. I can honestly say I felt more relaxed leaving my daughter with Brooke than with my own mother. In almost three years I never once saw her on her phone or distracted from her duties, and I never had to explain anything to her twice. She is a calming presence, energized when necessary but able to blend into the background when you’re having a moment with your family.”

Joanna M. – Three years, two children.