First and foremost, welcome! I'm honored you are here.
Let’s be honest - before I started birth work, I didn’t know where a uterus was or that a placenta even existed. (Am I allowed to say that?) What I did know was that I love connecting with people and caring for the hearts of those around me. I love connecting people with their purpose, growing in confidence and understanding of their ability to do and be something great in this world. I discovered that the doula role is just that:
a tangible expression of serving, loving, and supporting expecting families.
Birthing reveals what’s always been true of oneself: strength, empowerment, and hope. There are one-of-a-kind opportunities woven in birth for families to be empowered and deeply bonded.
I am a certified birth doula through DONA International and certified birth photographer through Birth Becomes You. Most of all, I am a wife and mama to three kids!
So if you find yourself here, thank you so much for taking the time to read thus far! I hope getting to know me will assist you in your doula & photographer search!
Who am I, really?
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I'm a follower of Jesus and I love to love on people. Read my Dignity Clause below.
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Rising with the sun to drink a cardamom flavored latte & read are my favorite.
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I work best when lights are out and candles are lit.
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Summited Mailbox Peak at 32 weeks pregnant (if you know, you know)
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Running and hot yoga are my two favorite ways to get dopamine!
Background
November 2022
November 2022
Sept. - Nov. 2022
Aug. 2020 - July 2021
2018
August 2017
Aug. 2012 - May 2016
November 2025
Attendance, Continued Education Hours
DONA International Summit
When Survivors Give Birth: Two Part Training
Bastyr University
Attendance, Continued Education Hours
DONA International Summit
Birth Photography Course
Birth Becomes You (Virtual)
Accelerated Bachelor of Science, Nursing
Georgia Southern University (Savannah, GA)
VBAC Doula Training
The VBAC Link (Virtual)
Birth Doula Training & Certification
DONA International (Savannah, GA)
Bachelor of Arts, International Affairs
University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH)
I want to address the reality that safety is more than physical – it is emotional, mental, and spiritual.
My aim is to be a safe haven – where you are seen with utmost value, respect, and dignity. I will hold one’s humanity, or imago dei, in high regard no matter your ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, spirituality, political beliefs, or your past.
I will not tolerate or participate in behavior toward my clients, myself, or groups that are shaming, oppressive, demeaning, or lacking compassion in one’s experience.
I also hold myself accountable to continuous learning and mindfulness to mature in my care and harm prevention.
In what harm I do create or participate in, whether known or unknown, I hold myself to a standard of hearing, acknowledging, reflecting, and repairing in such moments.
90
Total births attended (and still counting!)
18
Cesarean births
2017
Certified DONA birth doula since 2017
42
Unmedicated births
1 - 3
Doula clients per month
17
Birth Center / Homebirths
