I'm so glad you found my site! I am a Los Angeles based birth and postpartum doula with a decade of experience. I offer assistance through childbirth education, labor support, postpartum doula support, overnight doula support, and placenta encapsulation. Born and raised in Los Angeles, I was curious and enamored with pregnancy and childbirth at a very young age and have very clear memories of delivering my doll's  babies on our porch as well as stalking pregnant or newly postpartum family members. I was obsessed with the idea of pregnancy, childbirth, and parenthood and finally answered that call in 2015. I have been serving families across Los Angeles for about eleven years now!

I grew up one of eight children with a single mother who taught me to be curious, kind, and the importance of giving care. I have been surrounded by a matriarch of women my whole life. Tías, abuelas, madres, madrinas, femmes, non binary folks, mentors, sisters, artists, and activists. My work is a homage to them. My work is thanks to them and I am forever indebted.

I am a mother to a wonderful preteen, Joaquin and a sweet little girl Louise. I have a background in cultural and biological anthropology and have just changed paths to study nurse midwifery.

My support is never biased and I hold space for all birthing persons across the spectrum. I am both knowledgeable and an open container to fill with hopes, expectations, and fears. I cannot imagine doing anything else with my life other than working with and alongside birthing people. It is an honor and I am so thankful I am able to do the work I do.

I am a birth worker.

Education

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-RN program at la city college

-Maternal mental health now neonatal mood disorders 2021

- tRAUMA SKILLS FOR DOULAS & BIRTHWORKERS WITH KIMBERLY JOHNSON, 2019

-ECSTATIC BODY! TRAUMA INFORMED BODY WORKERS’ WORKSHOP LED BY PAMELA SAMUELSON,2018

-fULL spECTRUM DOULA TRAINING WITH la dOULA PROJECT, 2017

- Volunteer at birthing justice forum with Wholistic maternal newborn health, 2017

- Reproductive Health Skills with Esme Germaine Chôque-Torres, 2017

- Placenta Encapsulation with Julia Underwood, 2017

- Advanced Doula Training with Becca Gordon, 2017

- Doula Mentorship Circle with Becca Gordon, 2017

- Birth Disparities: The Anatomy of Prejudice, 2017

- Rebozo Techniques with Naoli Vinaver, 2016

- Breastfeeding Education with Roza Baghdassarian, 2016

- DONA International Birth Doula Training, 2016

- CPR Training with Red Cross, 2015