Rebecca ‘Becca’ Moralez

“My husband, Nate, and I bought into Crawfish Junction as partners in 2023, and then we officially bought it on our own at the beginning of 2025. Now we’re the sole owners.

My husband is the head chef at Crawfish. I’ve got two of my children, in their twenties, who both work at Crawfish. My youngest, Cambrya, is 16. When I started working at Crawfish, she wasn’t even born yet, so it’s just a fun thing that it has kind of come full circle there.

Nate and I also met at Crawfish, which is always a fun story. We met when he started playing music there. We got engaged there. We had our rehearsal dinner there. So Crawfish has always been very, very important to me – intertwined in my life.

Most people don’t realize that I run a title company. It’s my career and I love it so much. So there’s Rebecca, the executive vice president of Frontier Title Company, and they have no idea I’m also Becca, Crawfish Junction, The Parlor Collective, Lake Mills advocate. They don’t know that side. Even people that come into Crawfish often have no idea that my nine to five, or rather, eight to five is a completely different world.

Owning a restaurant or a business is an all-encompassing thing. What makes it easier, for me, is that my family is there. I knew that this was going to be a big undertaking for us… but knowing that when I get there on a Friday night after working at my “normal” job, and Nate’s in the kitchen, and my kids are waitressing and behind the bar, and my youngest is bussing… I literally look around and it’s my entire family. You know, we’re remodeling the upper dining room, and right now, my dad’s there patching the holes. My mom is coming in to paint. I mean, truly – it takes a village to raise a restaurant. It’s a family affair – and that’s why I love it.

There’s always ups and downs with every business. We’ve had a lot of downs and we’ve had a lot of ups, and it’s all because of our community. Whether it be Raina putting together the GoFundMe with Nate’s incident, or seeing everybody wearing those shirts to support…

People just want to help, and to be there for each other, and that’s so inspiring – and overwhelming in the best way. You go to bed grateful every night that you’re part of something bigger.

I’m a helper. So for people to help me, or help the business, or help our family, it was like, “Wait. I’m the one that helps. I’m the one that’s supposed to be out there helping other people.” And with everything that happened a couple years ago, and with the community rallying around us in support, Nate and I have just basically recommitted. I feel like we always had a commitment to the community, but now, we are so committed to giving back even more than we’ve received.

That’s the real story, when I think about how bad the incident was. It’s not about what happened, or that specific bad actor… The real story is the community.”