New magazine by a Livingston Parish mother-daughter duo celebrates local lifestyle
A Denham Springs mother-daughter duo for years has dreamt of creating a magazine that would focus on local living — and in 2026 that dream is turning into a reality.Livingston Parish residents can expect to see thousands of copies of the new "Living In Parish" magazine in local stores by spring, with an online edition launching New Year's Day. The lifestyle magazine will spotlight a variety of parish news, from small businesses to recipes to parish pets.
Behind the magazine are Denham Springs mother and daughter, Ashleigh David-Vasquez, 51, and Elizabeth Baudoin, 21.
"We saw there was a big gap," Baudoin said about a lack of lifestyle media coverage in the parish. There are nearby large lifestyle magazines, such as Country Roads, based in St. Francisville, and 225 Magazine, based in Baton Rouge. But there hasn't been anything based in Livingston Parish of comparable size and content.
The parish has had a few smaller magazines in the past, well over 10 years ago, but this magazine would be the first large-scale lifestyle publication in the parish, Baudoin said."We just want to be something positive that people can turn to and really use as a resource," Baudoin said.
The pair started posting about the magazine, along with online stories, in November, but they say the move is a culmination of years of shooting around ideas for creating an outlet for the parish.
"At first, our schedule looked like we were going to do online for a full year ... and then we got such a big influx of followers," Baudoin said. “The parish needed something like this.”The two now have their sights on printing 10,000 copies for the April edition.
The duo said their magazine will have a few different sections such as food and pets. They want a local nonprofit to sponsor each section for every edition.
They hope to eventually also partner with area schools that provide media programs so students can have their work published in the magazine, Baudoin said.A family affairDavid-Vasquez hails from a family of local newspaper publishers, as her father and grandfather both published the local Livingston Parish News for decades; it's also one of multiple Louisiana news outlets David-Vasquez has worked at.
"This has been a dream of mine forever," David-Vasquez said.
Daughter Elizabeth Baudoin and mother Ashleigh David-Vasquez, creators of Livingston Parish Magazine, laugh during an interview while speaking about how the pair works together at Denham Springs’ Old City Hall on Thursday, December 18, 2025.
The pair have relied on David-Vasquez' news and publishing experience and Baudoin's marketing experience she gained from University of Louisiana at Lafayette to make the magazine a reality.
For the magazine, Baudoin focuses on writing and marketing, while her mother focuses on the business aspect, along with graphics and layouts.
Aside from their combined work experience, the mother and daughter also credit their early success to their close bond and mutual respect."We completely know each other," David-Vasquez said. "I think we respect each other and our different personalities. We complement each other.”
