I first fell in love with birthwork during my maternity health clinicals in nursing school at Sibley Memorial Hospital here in Washington, DC. Even though I was fly on the wall observing births, I unknowingly was preparing myself for the witnessing of birth as a doula. Each birth I was given the opportunity to be apart of as a student whether unmedicated, mediated, or cesarean, I found a deeper appreciation for process of birth and power and strength that families gave to bring their little ones into the world.

Years later, I still find myself awed in the depths of birth and the postpartum period. As I work to create personalized experiences for families based on their preferences and desires in an effort to increase positive birthing outcomes and strive towards cultivating safe birthing spaces within hospital and out of hospital settings.

My passions include supporting families on how to advocate for themselves and their families in providers visits, birth, and postpartum through education, thoughtful processing, and the power of slowing down moments and pausing. Incorporating inclusion based care for families regardless of cultural, religious/spiritual practices, or gender orientation. As well as keeping up to date on research and evidence-based practices with the balance of honoring your body’s own innate wisdom and intuition.

My commitment to maternal health has guided me to becoming a public health practitioner by obtaining my Master of Public Health in Global Health Leadership from Trinity Washington University, with the aim of bridging the gaps in maternal and infant care, fatherhood inclusion, working towards positive outcomes for the family dyad.

As a doula member on the Maternal Mortality Review Board Committee and Perinatal Quality Collaborative for Washington, DC. These experiences fuel my to mission towards supporting families from a community and systems level approach.