Training & Experience

DONA-Trained Doula

DONA International is the leader in evidence-based doula training, certification and continuing education. The mission of DONA International is “to promote high quality birth and postpartum support by setting the standard for the doula profession...

Spinning Babies® Continuing Education

Spinning Babies® is a physiological approach to preparing for and caring for birth. With Spinning Babies, self-care and specific body activities restore body balance and make room for the baby. Babies then put themselves into the best positions possible for childbirth – within the anatomical space available.

Swedish Massage Certified

Trained with expert instructors at McKinnon Body Therapy Center in Oakland, CA. Swedish massage is one of the most common forms of massage that uses long, gliding strokes, kneading and tapping on the soft tissue of the body.

Certifying Postpartum Doula

Ongoing postpartum doula training through Childbirth International (CBI). CBI is the only training organization globally teaching courses for birth and lactation professionals awarded with the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC).

Waldorf Early Childhood Education Teacher

Based on Anthroposophical principles of Rudolf Steiner, Waldorf teachers “seek to nurture the physical, emotional, intellectual, artistic, and spiritual qualities of their students and help them become creative, independent, and moral individuals, capable of imparting meaning to their lives”.

Breastfeeding Education for Doulas

Deep appreciation for the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months, anatomy and physiology of breastfeeding, the importance of skin-to-skin mother-baby contact...

Hypnotherapy Trained

Similar to guided meditation, hypnotherapy can support a woman during labor and birth by calming the nervous system, regulate blood pressure, provide a sense of calm and confidence.

Bengkung Belly Binding Techniques

Bengkung is a traditional Malaysian belly binding technique, which literally means ‘cloth belt’. It’s a practice of tying a long strip of cloth (around 15-17’ long) around the torso during postpartum recovery to ensure strong support to your womb.

MS Degree in Holistic Nutrition

Clayton College of Natural Health provided a deep dive into holistic nutrition, including a study of human physiology, digestion, biochemical individuality (with food, vitamins, drug, and herbal interactions), clinical nutrition, and healthy living.

Cofounder of Artemis Therapeutics

Founded in 2009 with business partner Nathalie Babazadeh, Artemis Therapeutics is about bringing simple, safe, health-promoting natural immune support to people while raising awareness and empowering people to live in strength, happiness, and health. We are a California-based women owned company setting the standard on herbal supplements for allergy health and immune support.

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