Meet Rachel Munoz | That Social Media Mom (@mrsrachelmunoz)

We had the good fortune of connecting with Rachel Munoz and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Rachel, career-wise, where do you want to be in the end?
I have asked myself this question many times, probably too many times to count if I am being honest. I have gone back and fourth about my social media, why I do it and where do I want to go with it? And it is a pretty simple answer. I want to make a difference. My end goal is not money, even though being paid to post ad work from home is a plus, that is not the ultimate goal. The ultimate goal is helping the women who following me and the women I influence on social media. I do not want to be just another pretty face on Instagram. I want to be the page moms and women go to when they need comfort, when they need to feel as though they are not alone. If you’re struggling and feel like a terrible mother? Come to my page. I guarantee I will have a reel or post that you can connect with and I hope that it makes you smile, it makes you laugh or it makes you feel you’re not alone.

Motherhood is incredibly lonely. That is why I decided to start my page back in 2019. I was at a low for a mom, constantly comparing myself to the picture perfect mothers of Instagram. I felt little. I felt worthless. I felt I was completely failing because I wasn’t a size 0 after 5 kids and my house was not always flawless. I never want a mother or woman to come to my page and feel little. I never want them to feel worthless. And at the end of my career, I want to be able to say “I helped people feel better, I helped people smile” because that is the ultimate goal and it is why I choose to make a goof ball out of myself on a daily basis. I do it, so no mother or woman will ever feel as low as I felt. I have made so many amazing friends building my Instagram page. I get messages regularly from people telling me I made their day better from what I posted. And that message, that comment cannot replace ANY amount of money, views, followers or anything. Those “you made me smile, you made me feel better about my mistakes as a mom” those are why I do it.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
What sets me apart from others? My IDGAF attitude when it comes to the content that I create. It was not easy to fully let my walls down and let people in that I have never and most likely will never meet. One day I decided that enough was enough. I could not see one more white couch, or one more picture perfect life on Instagram. I decided that being real was more important than being perfect for the likes. I decided that instagram needed more moms being moms. It needed more moms being real. More moms showing off actual motherhood. I felt incredibly uncomfortable, but the more I posted and the content I created the easier and more organic it all became.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
I am a home body and most of my friends are also moms. If I decided to plan a staycation mom trip it would include stays at the La Costa Resort, SPA sessions at that resort. Poolside cocktails. Shopping at the Forum for our favorite mom leggings that we wear for days on end and plenty of Mexican food from Las Olas down in Carlsbad Village with my favorite chili margaritas. And we would finish it off with pounds of oysters at the Fish House in Carlsbad.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
My husband is the first person who comes to mind. He absolutely can NOT stand social media and he wishes I would get off of it completely as I make a goof ball out of myself and most definitely embarrass my kids on the regular. He is such a supportive husband and he understands my crazy, but he understands the love I have and why I am doing this.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrsrachelmunoz/

Image Credits
TheyCallusWild by Katie Mathis