Training and Experience

 International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC)

Certified Professional Midwife (CPM)

I completed my midwifery training at the MEAC accredited (Midwifery Education Accreditation Counsel) midwifery school and birth clinic, Maternidad La Luz, in El Paso, Texas. In our busy clinic we provided bilingual prenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care including pap exams, counseling and birth preparation classes.

My education included 2,400 direct clinical hours, over 700 academic hours, over 100 labors and 68 births in which I was an active participant-including 25 in which I acted as the primary midwife under supervision.  Since graduating, I have continued to attend births as a midwife’s assistant as well as hospital based doula.  My total birth attendance is approximately 200 as of 2019. 

In 2016 I completed certification for Hypnobirthing with the Leclaire Method. 

In 2021 I achieved certification as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, IBCLC, the Gold Standard in lactation care. I am deeply committed to providing inclusive, family-centered care that helps you meet YOUR goals. My experience includes serving for a number of years as a La Leche League leader as well as providing clinical inpatient and outpatient lactation services for families at Lewis Gale Hospital.

I have worked with families who plan to exclusively breastfeeding, exclusively pump, partially breastfeed and those who are just breastfeeding curious. I have also supported parents after pregnancy loss, when relactating and when desiring to wean or dry up milk supply for an older children. The breastfeeding experience is deep and broad, sometimes easy sometimes very difficult and sometimes right in the middle.