Since 2000, Neapolitan Family has served parents in Collier and Lee Counties. Our free monthly magazine is distributed to over 150 locations, making it the most widely distributed and read family publication serving Collier and Lee Counties.
Our mission is simple: We want to provide our families with the best parenting resources in the area. We do this by creating award-winning editorial content in our magazine, an extensive calendar of events on our website, sending a weekly newsletter with things to do for the weekend, producing annual education and summer camp guides, running a popular Back-to-School expo, and more.
Neapolitan Family sponsors numerous nonprofit and community events each year. Our signature event is our popular Back to School Expo, held each August.
Neapolitan Family partners with Collier County Public Schools to produce an Activities Guide three times a year. Each guide provides a resource for academics, afterschool care, special attractions, sports, special needs, support groups, and more for parents of elementary school children in Collier County.
We are proud to be a member of the Parenting Media Association (PMA), a national trade association of regional parenting publications. We adhere to PMA's guidelines for high journalistic excellence and ethical business practices. This includes providing services and consulting with integrity, honesty, and respect for all business owners, not just the ones who choose to work with us.
In 2023, Neapolitan Family Publishing won four prestigious editorial and design awards at the annual Parenting Media Association (PMA) Conference. The awards recognize the exceptional quality of the magazine's content and design, which have consistently provided insightful and informative articles for families in Southwest Florida.
Neapolitan Family is a women-owned and women-operated business.
WHO WE ARE
Stacy Nicolau
Co-owner and co-publisher
Stacy Nicolau has a degree in Journalism and Mass Communications and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After working as a registered nurse for many years, she decided to return to her love of publications and began working for Neapolitan Family in 2011. Stacy is the mother of three and has lived in Naples for over 24 years.
Jane MacNealy
Co-owner and co-publisher
Jane MacNealy is an experienced media professional with a Bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland Global Campus. Her career began as a graphic designer and pre-press specialist, mainly in the printing industry, then transitioned into the publishing and media arena. With 23 years of experience, Jane has worn multiple hats as a publisher, graphic designer, and social media manager for regional parenting publications. Jane won multiple design and editorial awards from the Parenting Media Association. Jane enjoys playing volleyball, hiking, and gardening.
Andrea Stetson
Contributing writer
A veteran journalist, Andrea Stetson has been covering northern Collier County for nearly 35 years. With degrees from Northwestern and NYU, she's reported for ABC and CBS affiliates in Florida and Pennsylvania before settling into a distinguished career at the News-Press for over 25 years. Andrea started writing for Neapolitan Family in 2021 and has won awards from the Parenting Media Association for her articles. Andrea also writes for various publications, including the Naples Daily and Florida Weekly. She won the Newsmaker Award for distinguished news coverage of public education in Florida and the Media Award for hurricane coverage for her stories in The News-Press. Andrea lives in Collier County and enjoys boating, pickleball, traveling, swimming and spending time with her family and pets, including six large bunnies. She is also the author of the Lexi Lop series of children’s picture books. Andrea can be reached at agstetson@comcast.net.
Karen T. Barlett
Travel editor
As a travel journalist, photographer and essayist, Karen explores the world to capture the sense-of-place ambience in both well-traveled and beyond-the-crowds destinations. A member of the invitation-only Society of America Travel Writers, her work has earned top awards from the Florida Magazine Association, the Independent Book Publishers Association, and on behalf of Neapolitan Family Magazine, the Parenting Media Association. In addition to hundreds of travel features for print and digital publications throughout North America and the Caribbean, she’s the author of 11 destination coffee table books and publisher of Mostly Kids' Guides, the family-focused regional guidebook series covering Southwest Florida. Her newest and most impressive title is Grandma. karentbartlett.com
Liani Belcher
Calendar Editor
Liani Belcher, a native of Naples, FL, is a local blogger who manages the Belcher Family Blog, where she and her family share their adventures and highlight the best of Southwest Florida. In 2023, Liani joined the Neapolitan Family Magazine team as a guest blogger (check out our series, Neapolitan Family Adventures ft. Belcher Family Blog) and she is also the calendar editor. An adventurous spirit, Liani loves spending time outdoors and exploring new activities with her family.
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