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Monique Samuels on being the only one on Real Housewives of Potomac with babies~\n\n"I can't wait for someone else to have a baby on this cast. I can't be the only one because it is very difficult trying to navigate, just making sure that your family feels whole and they don't feel like they're being left out and then trying to give your all to the show as well. I've never had a nanny until I joined the show. So I had to spend more money. Get somebody to take care of my babies while I'm off filming and doing other things that I need to do. So it's been a transition for our family but I think we're handling it pretty well."\n\nMonique Samuels - Real Housewives of Potomac and Not for Lazy Moms founder - with host Andy Ockershausen in studio interview\n\nAndy Ockershausen: This is Our Town, Andy Ockershausen with the unique Monique Samuels. Monique an absolute super pleasure for us to have you as part of Our Town.\nMonique Samuels: Thank you, I'm so excited to be here. I'm so honored to be here.\nAndy Ockershausen: You have your television show, you have a career that's so important to Our Town because you put us on the map and we know about Potomac but you've made it bigger than that.\nM Samuels: Ah, thanks.\nAndy Ockershausen: But to see your star is rising in the ten years you've been doing the show. Has it been that long?\nMonique Samuels: No. Not this long for the show. The show, let's see, this is year four for the show; year three for me.\nAndy Ockershausen: That's it.\nM Samuels: Yeah.\nGrowing up in Pleasantville, New Jersey\nAndy Ockershausen: Monique you're so unique and I use that word and you're not from Washington D.C. I found out in your resume you're from Pleasantville New Jersey.\nM Samuels: Yeah.\nAndy Ockershausen: I think I know ... Isn't Pleasantville close to the bridge?\nMonique Samuels: Yep. It's right outside of Atlantic City.\nAndy Ockershausen: And it's wonderful in that part of New Jersey, right?\nMonique Samuels: Yeah, it's pretty cool. I'm not mad at it, it raised me pretty good.\nAndy Ockershausen: But that's important, it's your roots.\nM Samuels: Yeah.\nAndy Ockershausen: In New Jersey and Pleasantville.\nM Samuels: Small town.\nAndy Ockershausen: Now why would a woman with talent obviously looking for help want to go to Pittsburgh to Duquesne?\nCollege | Pittsburgh, PA | Full Academic Scholarship | Duquesne University\nMonique Samuels: Yes, so I wanted to be a lawyer and Duquesne had a great law program where you could do your undergrad in three years and your fourth year of undergrad is your first year of law school. So that was my plan. I got a full academic scholarship to Duquesne University, that was another reason why I went.\nAndy Ockershausen: That's a good reason.\nMonique Samuels: Oh, yeah. They paid for everything.\nAndy Ockershausen: They paid the full scholarship? That's great.\nValedictorian to Salutatorian, Senior Year High School Because of Unexpected Rule Change\nMonique Samuels: Yeah, full academic scholarship. I graduated from Pleasantville High School, I was the Salutatorian ...\nAndy Ockershausen: First time I've ever seen that word in writing. Does that mean your second in your class?\nMonique Samuels: Yes. Which is interesting story ...\nAndy Ockershausen: Tell me that.\nMonique Samuels: I was really the Valedictorian all four years of high school I was always number one. My senior year, they normally lock in the ranks after the first semester, because you know you have two semesters. So after first semester they lock in the ranks. My guidance counselor told me, he said, "Well, you technically only need one class so that you can just be enrolled for the second semester ...