I am a San Francisco Bay Area native who specializes in providing nurturing, connective therapeutic massage, doula services and childbirth education classes. I have been a birth doula since 2007 and feel very fortunate to have found a profession that I feel so passionate about. My work inspires me everyday and I can't imagine doing anything else. I am a committed anti-racist and continue to educate myself on how to support, uplift and amplify the voices and work of Black, Indigenous and LatinX people. Please read my anti-racist commitment statement.
My road to becoming a doula began by taking a Doulas of North America training in 2007. After completing my Doula certification, I enrolled in Alive and Well! The Institute of Conscious Bodywork in Marin County. I completed my massage training in 2008 and have been working as a bodyworker ever since. After massage school, I worked as a massage therapist at The Mindful Body in San Francisco from 2009-2015, focusing on prenatal massage in particular, as well as working with a wide variety of clients, including athletes, yogis, and San Francisco's tech community.
Currently, I have turned my massage therapy career into a private practice, which is a dream come true. I am currently working out of The Root in Noe Valley, where I can see massage and doula clients. It is through my work as a doula, childbirth educator, midwife's assistant and supporting women and their partners during natural childbirth, that I have come to realize the value of deep integrative massage for pain relief, relaxation, and introspection.
I hold a Bachelors of Science in Molecular Cell Biology from Dominican University of California and I graduated from The National Midwifery Institute in 2014. I also serve on the board of The Birth Future Foundation. When I am not studying, or working, I love to practice yoga, ride my bike, rock climb, and play Balinese gamelan with my friends at Gamelan Sekar Jaya.
NON-PROFIT WORK
We are a liberated organization in the movement for racial justice and equity in midwifery. As former board members and officers of FAM, the Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery, we are excited to share this new project with you. We are just beginning this journey, and we invite you to join our mailing list. We look forward to keeping you posted as we build this movement with you.
THE FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MIDWIFERY
I was fortunate serve on the FAM board from the Spring of 2016 - Summer 2020. FAM has granted more than $1,000,000 to more than 30 programs since its first grant in 2003. Program areas include critical research on the midwifery model of care and training programs for those serving vulnerable populations of birthing women, racial justice and birth equity, public education campaigns to college students and policy makers, and capacity building for midwifery education and licensing organizations. Get involved and become a BIRTH TRUST PROGRAM TODAY!
I am currently a running ambassador for EVERY MOTHER COUNTS, which is a non-profit organization.
Their mission statement is: DEDICATED TO MAKING PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH SAFE FOR EVERY MOTHER. WE INFORM, ENGAGE, AND MOBILIZE NEW AUDIENCES TO TAKE ACTIONS AND RAISE FUNDS THAT SUPPORT MATERNAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AROUND THE WORLD. If you are interested in running a race with me in support of Every Mother Counts, please get in touch with me!
I have been a musician with Sekar Jaya since 2010 and was even lucky enough to go on GSJ's 35th anniversary tour to Bali!
Gamelan Sekar Jaya is a sixty-member company of musicians and dancers, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializing in the performing arts of Bali. Come check out one of our fantastic shows!