I am a registered nurse with nearly 25 years of experience in labor & delivery, maternal and child public health, and pediatrics. In 2025, I completed Postpartum Doula training and have been providing postpartum doula services to friends and family, informally, for many years. For as long as I can remember, I have deeply loved caring for birthing persons and their newborns and families.

My personal birth experience, coupled with a postpartum period that included mental health struggles and many chestfeeding challenges, really brought home the importance of kind and gentle support during the tender weeks after bringing a new life into this world. The time after childbirth or adoption is different for every human-it can evoke so many layered feelings, and having a safe space to transition into this new identity as a parent is so very important.

With an extensive background in caring for medically complex infants and children, as well as socially vulnerable populations, I am passionate about providing equitable, trauma-informed care to everyone. As the parent of a non-binary child, it’s important to me to center the birth journeys of the LGBTQ2S+ community in a place grounded in love, safety & respect. My nursing & personal values center on supporting immigrant and refugee communities, the global majority, neurodivergent persons, and those harmed by systemic injustices. Heart-centered and respectful care for all is central to my approach. 

In my spare time, you’ll find me cuddling on the couch with my kiddo & partner, laughing at episodes of “Bob’s Burgers” or “The Golden Girls” (I’m a Jersey girl born and raised, so I’m also always in search of east coast style pizza and a good bagel to nosh), getting caught up in a good book, sharing a meal with people I love, connecting with people in my community or cuddling my dogs (or any other animal in the vicinity).  

Background

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

• Worked as a:

  • Labor & Delivery Nurse

  • Nurse on surgical unit for pediatric solid organ transplant, cardiac and general surgery patients

  • Public Health Nurse, including serving as WIC/Maternity Support Services RN & Breastfeeding Coordinator at Downtown Seattle King County Public Health in 2007; provided home visits and early post birth visits for moms and infant during first 12 weeks after birth, including support for pregnant mothers with substance use struggles

  • Pediatric outpatient nurse in over 15 different specialty clinics including nursing support of LGBTQ+ adolescents at local Seattle area Adolescent Gender care clinic

• Reiki Level 1 Practitioner

• DONA International Postpartum Doula Training completed through the Simkin Center for Allied Birth Vocations at Bastyr University

• Certified in Infant, Child, and Adult CPR & First Aid, American Heart Association (Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers)