Credentials
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Board certified Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac) in Maine and Diplomate of Acupuncture by the NCBAHM. Maine licensure for custom Chinese herbal formulation.
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Doula training via multi-year mentorship
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Currently a Rural Health Innovation Fellow in the Master of Public Health program at UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
PERINATAL HEALTH and DOULA EDUCATION experience
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Birth and postpartum doula, attending over 100 in and out of hospital births since 2011.
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Current Co-Director of the Maine Doula Coalition
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Doula Implementation Consultants on the Office of MaineCare’s Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) model grant.
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Participant as the doula representative in the Perinatal Quality Collaborative for Maine (PQC4ME), the Maine Perinatal Systems of Care Working Group, the Maine Maternal Health Task Force and other statewide perinatal health advisory groups.
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Former Vice-Chair of the Maine Board of Licensure for Complementary Healthcare Providers.
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Prior teacher and curriculum development lead in the MAMPS (Maternity Acupuncture Mentoring and Peer Support) program.
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Senior Membership in the Obstetric Acupuncture Association.
ACUPUNCTURE Education
While a student at Boston University, I completed a study abroad program in Nepal where became interested in Eastern Medicine. I returned from Nepal and spent two years studying under Dr. Vasant Lad at The Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico and in 2007 completed my Master’s degree at Southwest Acupuncture College in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
While completing my Masters, I chose to undertake mentorship with Dr. Jeffrey Meyer in Kototama Inochi Medicine, a unique form of diagnosis and treatment originated by Masahilo Nakazono Sensei. This form of medicine is passed directly from student to teacher and requires years of relationship with a teacher, study, inquiry and practice. I spent over 800 direct clinical hours studying alongside Dr. Meyer and have continued as a dedicated student of Kototama Inochi Medicine for over 20 years.
Personal
I grew up in Gorham, Maine and lived in Boston, New Mexico and Hawai’i before returning to my home state in 2008. I am an enthusiastic writer, paddler, farmhouse-renovator, knitter and self-professed “birth-nerd”. I currently reside on Mt. Desert Island with my artist husband and two busy teenage sons who spend their time climb rocks and flying airplanes.
