From an early age, I found myself driven toward caring for and nurturing women and children.  What initially began as a passion, continues on today as my life work.  I discovered, and fell in love with, doula work through interest in midwifery and found in it a place where I can offer women and their partners emotional and physical support during a time of incredible transformation.  I received my doula certification through Birthingway College of Midwifery in 2002 and have been in practice ever since.  I also volunteer with the Nursing Mothers Counsel of Oregon and am deeply committed to helping women breastfeed with success.  Women remember their birth and early motherhood experiences forever. It is my goal to help them feel nurtured and supported in an un-biased way.  Through education and support, families learn to feel powerful in the new and awesome job of parenthood.