I’ve been drawn to a slower paced, more holistic style of community care since childhood. As a young one I would watch Dr Quinn with my mom and fantasize about living a life like hers. Reading Starhawk’s book “The Fifth Sacred Thing” as a young adult continued to feed my fantasy (and remembrance) of traditional female healers. While apprenticing with an herbalist as a 20 year old, I discovered midwifery and homebirth. I knew that I needed to follow that path and, through a process of trust, I arrived at Birthwise Midwifery School as a 22 year old.

After graduating, I became certified as a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) by the North American Registry of Midwives in 2008. My training included apprenticing in a busy midwifery practice in Florida, attending births at home and in a freestanding birth center. At the end of my apprenticeship, I traveled to Bali to volunteer at a rural nonprofit birth center. The varied experiences helped me to develop skills useful in all kinds of births, as well as a passion for diversity and compassionate care.

I live in the woods with my husband and two children on the land my husband grew up on. Both my children were born here and giving birth to them was amazing and transformative. I love my town of Whitefield, Maine and see it as a vibrant, beautiful community. I am intensely invested in my community and strive to serve it well, as well as extending that care to surrounding communities. It would be an honor to walk with you through your pregnancy, birth, and new parenting journey.