I trained initially with the academy of certified birth educators and since have completed trainings with the birth restored and train for birth organizations. I am also currently working on continuing education with the elite doula company. I also have my doctorate in physical therapy which gives me a thorough understanding of the pelvis and biomechanics of our bodies and how that plays into birth.

Why did you become a doula?

I always wanted to work in birth but as a young teen I didn’t know anything outside of the typical OB scope. I hoped to spend more time with my patients and ended up pursing physical therapy to work more closely with moms and babies. While working as a PT I had three biological children and  had a doula for all of these births, which rekindled my desire to work in birth but now in the doula capacity as my doula had made such an incredible difference in my birth stories and outcomes. I held on to this desire to move toward birth work, trying to wait on God’s timing to change careers. My work as a  PT brought my family our son, who was adopted through foster care after being a patient of mine for over a year. After finalizing his adoption I finally felt a peace about moving into birth work and have been pursing doula work (and hopefully one day midwifery) ever since.