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I became a midwife because I want health care to be a positive, empowering, and transformative experience. Whether it be a check-up or home birth, we all have the right to be treated with compassion, respect and as the leader of our care. I am a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) and am a Licensed Midwife (LM) in NYS. I graduated from nurse midwifery school at the University of California, San Francisco Nurse Midwifery program in 2007.

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After  graduation, I began practicing hospital-based midwifery in the Navajo Nation. After 4+ years I worked in a private practice in Albuquerque. In 2013 I moved to New York and worked in a hospital-based practice in Central NY. I opened my home birth practice in June, 2015. I chose to work in the hospital at the beginning of my career so that I could bring the midwifery model of care to as many clients as possible. I am very appreciative of the diverse experiences I have had in the hospital setting which have ranged from "homelike" experiences to caring for clients with high-risk pregnancies. I moved to home birth to support a wider variety of birthing options for families. I also wanted to have more quality time with clients from the beginning of the pregnancy through birth and into the postpartum period.  

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Along with Midwifery, I have a passion for martial arts, traveling, the outdoors, gardening and the healing power of plants. I began learning about herbalism in midwifery school and have continued to explore plant medicine ever since. I am grateful to my ancestors, community, midwife elders, family, friends and plant allies who have supported me along my path.  

 

MY CREDENTIALS

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• Master of Science in Nursing with a focus on Midwifery & Women's Health, UCSF

• NYS Licensed Midwife and Registered Professional Nurse

• NYS prescriptive privileges

• American Midwifery Certification Board certification

• Neonatal Resuscitation Program certification

• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification

• Bachelor of Arts degree in Women's Studies, SUNY New Paltz

• Master of Social Work with a focus on community organization and planning, Hunter College School of Social Work

• Heartstone Herbal School apprentice graduate

• DONA International doula training

• Wachakuy: Sacred Birth Way hoslitic doula training program with focus on Andean birth wisdom, Pisac Peru

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MY CREDENTIALS

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• Licensed Professional Nurse (New York State)

• Basic Life Support/ CPR

• Neonatal Resuscitation/NRP

• Lactation Consultant

• Certified Doula

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As a midwife, I seek to provide personal and empowering care for my clients and their families. I was welcomed into the world at home with the help of a midwife, and raised to view birth as a normal, yet profound experience.  

 

Feeling lost after college, I went to first a doula course and then a long term midwives’ assistant course taught by home birth midwives.  It was during these courses that I decided to become a midwife to expand care options for people in my community. I started nursing school with the singular goal of becoming a homebirth midwife. After three years working as a labor, delivery, and postpartum nurse, I left to welcome my first child and start midwifery school, graduating from Frontier Nursing University with a Masters in Nurse Midwifery in the Spring of 2021 just before having my second child. 

 

Outside of midwifery, I enjoy spending time with my family, knitting, cooking, gardening, and playing board games. 

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MY CREDENTIALS

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• Current certifications:

• Certified Nurse Midwife (AMCB)

• Licensed Midwife (New York State)

• Registered Professional Nurse (New York State)

• Basic Life Support/ CPR

• Neonatal Resuscitation