Stephanie Montgomery wears many hats—MLB wife, mom, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and published author to name just a few.
Although she was born in California, her family moved to the Seattle area when she was young.
“I grew up watching the Mariners and went to games in the Kingdome,” she says.
In a twist of fate, Montgomery met her husband, MLB pitcher Mike Montgomery, in 2015. At the time, he was playing for the Mariners.
“The team posted something online, and I commented on it,” she shares. “He reached out on social media, and we chatted online, realized we had mutual friends, and really hit it off.”
The couple married in 2018 and spent a considerable amount of time over the years in the Valley for spring training.
“We rented here for years, and when we decided to purchase a home, we couldn't think of a better place,” she says.
The couple now have two children, Max, 5, and Zoe, 10 months.
It was her oldest—as well as her deep-rooted love of baseball—that inspired her to write Max and Ollie's Guide to Baseball. Named after her son and the family's Australian Sheperd, it is a vibrant children's picture book about the basic rules of America's favorite pastime.
Not only has the book been well-received, but it also spawned a line of merchandise that includes puzzles, apparel, blankets, candles, mugs, and glassware.
Max and Ollie's Guide to Baseball is Montgomery's second book. In 2018, she published Life Plan? Trash Can: How I Learned to Embrace the Unpredictable (and How You Can, Too), a lighthearted read about making the best out of what life has in store.
As if all that wasn’t keeping her busy, she and Mike also founded Monty's Marvels, an organization focused on spreading awareness and putting forth efforts to end the diaper need crisis in the United States.
“When I had my son, I had help, but despite the resources and support I had, I still felt unlike myself,” says Montgomery. “Postpartum depression is terrible, and I just couldn't imagine going through that while also not being able to provide the necessities for my child. That's why we started Monty's Marvels.”
Monty's Marvels has helped numerous diaper banks across the country donate hundreds of thousands of diapers to families in need.
