My Story

Prior to becoming a midwife and labor & delivery nurse for 7 years, I spent 12 years as a doula, supporting and advocating for childbearing families. I spent time in Portugal and was involved in birth work in my time there. I helped to introduce the community to birth alternatives, which included education on the benefits of doula support in labor, waterbirth, and physiologic birth- which in Portuguese and Spanish is "dar a luz"- meaning to give light.

I am the mother of 5 children and have benefited from midwife-attended births in hospital and homebirth settings. 

I practiced as a Certified Nurse Midwife for 4 years at Glens Falls Hospital, caring for a variety of clients desiring midwifery care. I love providing continuity of care to clients in the operating room and am certified to First Assist in Cesarean Sections and have co-managed high risk patients in the hospital setting.

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Most recently, I have been studying Women's Integrative and Functional Medicine, and I am excited to be able to provide integrative and complimentary approaches that get to the root of chronic women's health problems.