Education, Training & Experience
Education, Training & Experience
“Life, love, and purpose are threads of the same cloth — we’re just learning how to weave them.”
Choosing someone to support your family is personal. You deserve to know the experience I bring, the education I’m continuing, and the services I offer today.
Student Nurse-Midwife — Frontier Nursing University
Currently pursuing a Master of Science in Nursing in nurse-midwifery, with anticipated graduation in late 2027 or early 2028.
Lactation Education — Working Toward IBCLC Certification
Completing lactation-specific education, including the Art and Science of Breastfeeding course, as part of my path toward becoming an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC).
Continued learning matters to me because families deserve thoughtful support informed by evidence, practical experience, and their own priorities.
Spinning Babies® — 3.5-Day Training, October 2026
Training focused on balance, movement, positioning, and comfort during pregnancy and birth. This education informs how I help families explore comfort measures and prepare partners to provide hands-on support.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) — 2025
Education and training in newborn resuscitation and supporting the newborn’s transition after birth.
DONA Birth Doula Training — 2024
Completed DONA birth doula training focused on emotional, physical, and informational support, labor comfort measures, and partner involvement. I am DONA-trained, not DONA-certified.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing — Resurrection University, 2018
Registered Nurse licensed in Michigan.
U.S. Navy — 2010–2015
Served as a Hospital Corpsman and Preventive Medicine Technician. My military experience helped develop my adaptability, resourcefulness, and ability to stay grounded when circumstances change.
My nursing background includes hospital labor and delivery and psychiatric nursing. That combination has shaped how I support families: paying attention to emotional well-being, explaining information clearly, and helping people feel heard during vulnerable moments.
I love a good research rabbit hole—especially when it helps you make sense of your options. I enjoy finding the guidelines, digging into the evidence, and translating the jargon into something useful.
If you have a question, I’m happy to explore what the research says, where it’s limited, and how recommendations may differ. We can use that information to help you prepare questions for your healthcare team and make decisions that reflect your priorities.
Evidence matters. So do your values, your circumstances, and your right to decide.
I don’t do this work alone. Through professional memberships, networking, instructors, colleagues, and friendships, I’m connected with people who bring different strengths, experiences, and perspectives.
I won’t pretend to know everything. But if I don’t know an answer, you can be damn sure I’ll put in the work to find reliable information—or connect you with someone better equipped to help.
That means digging into the evidence, seeking guidance while respecting your privacy, and knowing when a referral is the best support I can offer. Having a village matters for birthworkers, too.
My approach emphasizes consent, choice, collaboration, and respect. I explain what I’m offering, ask before touching, and make room for you to pause, decline, or change your mind. You do not need to disclose a trauma history to have your boundaries honored.
I place a special emphasis on affirming support for transgender, nonbinary, and LGBTQ+ parents and families. This includes respecting your name, pronouns, family structure, and preferred language for your body, pregnancy, birth, and feeding.
We can talk about what helps you feel comfortable, any concerns about your birth environment, and how you would like me to support communication with your care team. Your identity should be respected without you having to spend your birth experience explaining or defending it.
My experience of motherhood includes giving birth to one child and breastfeeding for approximately two and a half years. I have also helped raise four children beginning when they were ages two, four, five, and six, and welcomed another daughter into my life when she was twenty.
Motherhood has taught me things no classroom could: how much practical help matters, how different each child can be, and how someone can love their family deeply while still needing rest, reassurance, and support.
My experiences help me connect with families. They don’t create a template for how anyone else should give birth, feed their baby, or parent.
My family includes Indigenous and Hispanic heritage. Within our own family, I continue to learn how culture, identity, traditions, and relationships influence parenting and our sense of belonging.
I bring that awareness to my work with cultural humility. Every family has its own story, and I won’t assume I know yours.
I want to know what matters to you—which traditions you want honored, who you want involved, and what respectful support looks like in your home and birth space. You should not have to set aside your identity to feel supported.
I offer birth and postpartum doula support, including preparation, hands-on comfort measures, partner support, and practical help during the transition home.
I also offer basic infant feeding support with breast/chestfeeding, bottle-feeding, positioning, and recognizing feeding cues, with respect for your family’s feeding choices. For concerns beyond basic support, I refer to an IBCLC or the appropriate healthcare professional.
My nursing experience informs my approach. When hired as your doula, my role is to provide nonmedical physical, emotional, and informational support alongside your healthcare team.
I will also offer childbirth education courses to help parents and their support people understand the birth process, explore their options, practice comfort measures, and prepare for the early postpartum weeks.
My approach emphasizes informed decision-making, consent, and practical tools, with respect for different identities, family structures, and birth preferences.
Course dates, formats, and registration details will be shared as they become available.
I anticipate graduating from my nurse-midwifery program in late 2027 or early 2028. After graduation, national certification, and the required state licensure, I plan to offer community birth care, including home birth, alongside postpartum midwifery care.
I also plan to continue offering doula support for hospital births and practical postpartum doula services, with IBCLC lactation care added once I earn that credential.
My vision is to build relationships that extend beyond the birth itself—so families have familiar, compassionate support as they prepare, welcome their baby, and find their footing afterward.
CNM and IBCLC are credentials I am working toward and do not yet hold. These services will expand as I complete the necessary qualifications and establish the practice.
Have questions about my background or whether we’d be a good fit? Let’s talk.