Single mom turned attorney uses social media to empower moms across the country [Video]

HOUSTON — “My high potential was born the day I became a single mom,” says attorney Gianni Avalos.

In 2021, Avalos posted her first TikTok video showing the moment she found out she had passed the bar exam. Since then, she has amassed over 165,000 loyal followers by sharing how she balances her personal life as a single mother alongside her demanding career as an attorney.

Becoming an attorney had been a lifelong dream for Avalos. When she first decided to seriously pursue a law career, she offered to work for free at various law firms in her small town of Granbury, Texas. From there, she worked her way up becoming a paralegal and subsequently entered law school.

Avalos found out she was pregnant during her final year of law school and can still recall the struggles of studying for the bar exam while caring for her newborn son. But looking back, …