My most treasured titles are Jesus follower, wife, mom, sister, daughter, friend, and birth doula!

When I was pregnant with my first son, my interest and love for all things pregnancy, childbirth education, birth, postpartum, and motherhood was born as well. Throughout my first pregnancy and birth I learned the value of education and feeling empowered, educated, respected and listened to before and during birth. After my intervention-free second birth my belief that birth is beautiful, natural, and powerful was solidified. After teaching elementary school for six years and staying home with my boys for two years, I finally took a leap of faith to become a certified birth doula through Birth Boot Camp after years of it being on my heart.

My goal for the women and families I serve is to provide physical and emotional support during labor and birth, and to make sure they feel capable, calm, and trusting of their body and story throughout pregnancy, labor, and birth. I believe everyone has different goals and visions for their birth - I want to support moms in their personal birth preferences and make sure they feel peaceful and heard no matter their birth wishes.

If I am not supporting moms I can be found baking, cooking, reading, gardening, trying new restaurants with my husband, and mostly chasing around our two sons.