Primary Training & Certification
STREAM (Scar Tissue Remediation Education and Management) Student with Ellen Heed, 2020-2022
Soon to be certified in this modality by 2023
Certified Embodiment Doula, Embodied Doula Trainings, 2020
Certified Postpartum Embodiment Doula, Embodied Doula Trainings, 2020
Certified Embodied Childbirth Educator, Embodied Doula Trainings, 2022
Certified Embodied Lactation Guide, Embodied Doula Trainings, 2022
Certified Embodied Newborn Care Specialist, Embodied Doula Trainings, 2022
CAPPA Childbirth Educator Training, September 2015, Tabitha Ames
The Artemis School: Nurture Training, November 2015, Lara Catone (Focus on Holistic Postpartum Recovery and training in Level I of the Elemental Body Method)
The Artemis School: Initiate Training, June 2015, Lara Catone (Holistic Sexual Wellness Coaching and Sex Educator Training)
CAPPA Postpartum Doula Training, October 2014, Darla Burns
CAPPA Birth Doula Training, February 2013, Rena Koerner
CAPPA Postpartum Doula Training, April 2012, Darla Burns
Supportive Trainings
LA Doula Project Full Spectrum Doula Training, May 2015, taught by Elsa Asher and Chanti Smith
End of Life Support Doula Workshop, taught by Carolyn Conger, PhD, March 2015
Plus Sized Birth Training with Jennifer Rue McLellan, December 2014
How to Raise Emotionally Healthy Children Teacher Training, taught by Gerald Newmark, Ph.D., November 2014
Spinning Babies Training with Gail Tulley, 2014
Advanced Doula Training with Two Doulas Birth, November 2013
Women’s Way Moon Cycles Series 2, taught by Barbara Hannelore, April 2014
Women’s Way Moon Cycles Series 1, taught by Barbara Hannelore, August 2013
Two Doulas Birth Childbirth Education Series, taught by Becca Gordon and Kimme McGuire, August 2013
SquatFest Conference 2013
Working with Orthodox Jewish Clients, taught by Dr. Eliot Berlin, June 2013
Babywearing, taught by Laura Brown, June 2013
Contraception: Choices, Culture, and Consequences, February 2013 (through UCSF)
Advanced Doula Training with Birthwell LA, 2012
Breastfeeding Class with Birth and Beyond, Cheryl Baker, 2012
YogaFit Level One Teacher Training, 2009
Honors and Awards
Nominated for the DASC Doula Mentor and Postpartum Doula of the Year, 2016
Nominated for the DASC Doula Mentor of the Year, 2015
Recipient of the Beutner Award for Excellence in the Arts for Poetry, 2011
Higher Education
California Institute of the Arts, MFA in Writing and Critical Studies, 2012
College of Santa Fe, BA Creative Writing and Literature, Magna Cum Laude, 2009