I am currently a private practice doula, certified lactation counselor and a co-Founder & Board Member of the RI Birth Worker Cooperative. I am a co-founder of Bellwether Doulas and co-creator of a model of group doula practice and prenatal support groups inspired by the centering for pregnancy care model. I stepped away in 2020 and now take on a small caseload of solo clients.

I have supported hundreds of families in these rolls. They are my greatest teachers.

Work, Advocacy and Activism

  • Committee Member - Perinatal Neonatal Quality Collaborative of Rhode Island (PNQCRI) (2022 - current)

  • Co-Founder & Board Member of RI Birth Worker Co-op, Inc. (2021-current)

  • Founder and Operator: www.RIDoulabill.com This community website has been the primary source of information and advocacy during the transformative period when Rhode Island worked to pass doula reimbursement legislation. (2019 - current)

  • Co-organizer and strategist of RI Doula Bill (2019-2021)

  • Guide: taking care of families virtually from conception through birth and parenting to age 12, as well as contributing to the creation of the Best Birth Initiative at Cleo - (2019-2022)

  • Co-President of Doulas of Rhode Island, a professional organization for trained doulas in the state of RI (2018-2021)

  • Organizing and activism with a team creating legislation requiring equitable insurance coverage for full spectrum doula care for all Rhode Island families (2019 - current)

  • Professional member of ICAN (International Cesarean Awareness Network). ICAN is a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve maternal-child health by reducing preventable cesareans through education, supporting cesarean recovery, and advocating for vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC).

  • Peer to peer mentoring Families First RI (2016-2017)

Continuing Education