A former Disney Channel actress has announced a major life change.
Bridgit Mendler, best known for her role as Teddy on the show. Good luck Charlierecently took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to announce that she had decided to adopt her adopted son along with her husband, Griffin Cleverly.
“The other news I wanted to share is that I am a mom to a sweet four-year-old boy. I started fostering in 2021 and adopted him around Christmas 2022. I am very lucky: being a mother is the greatest gift and most defining experience there is,” her tweet read alongside a photo of two people on a beach during a sunset.
“That's my news for now, friends.”
After her post, many people left their congratulatory comments as the former actress has also come a long way in her career and announced that she has just become the CEO of her own startup, Northwood Space.
“Congratulations on your journey to motherhood! Adopting and fostering truly changes lives, and that first Christmas season as a family is always very special. Here’s to many more shared sunsets and precious moments,” read one comment.
Another commenter agreed, writing: “A true queen and MOTHER in every way. READY OR NOT, we are here to support all the great things you are doing.”
“I am in awe of you. You are breaking barriers in every way!! a third commenter praised Mendler.
One commenter even joked that Mendler should be named. Time Magazines Person of the year 2024 for all his achievements.
In addition to her roles on Disney Channel, Mendler is also known for her academic achievements, having earned degrees from the University of Southern California (USC), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is currently finishing her final year at Law School. from Harvard. .
Now, she will break into the business world and serve as CEO of space startup Northwood Space, which raised $6.3 million in seed funding, according to CNBC.
He also took to X to quote and retweet the outlet's story with an ad of his own.
“Expect the unexpected! I'm very excited to announce our $6.3M seed led by @foundersfund and @a16z with participation from @CapitalAlso, @LongJourneyVC, @BoxGroup, @humbavc,” Mendler began.
“At @NorhwoodSpace we have our sights set on building a data highway between Earth and space,” he added. “We are designing shared ground infrastructure from first principles to expand access to space.”
“We have a lot of work ahead of us, but that's the fun part. If you like to build quickly and see your work implemented in places around the world with real impact, we want you at Northwood,” she concluded, with a link to Northwood's careers page.
Mendler also recently spent some time at the Federal Communications Commission's new Space Office, where he “completely fell in love with space law.”
“Vision is a data highway between Earth and space. Space is getting easier in so many different dimensions, but the actual exercise of sending data to and from space remains difficult. You have difficulty finding a hotspot to contact your satellite,” she said. CNBC.
