About Me

My work in birth began before I had the language for it. I’ve paid close attention to moments of transformation — the visible ones, like pregnancy, and the quieter shifts that reshape a life.

In 2016, I supported my sister as she welcomed her first child. I had read about birth and thought about birth, but being present for it — witnessing its pace, its unpredictability, its intelligence — changed how I understood the body and what support really requires.

In 2018, I trained with Carriage House Birth, where I became a certified birth doula. Since then, I have supported more than 200 families through birth, pregnancy loss, and postpartum.

My work has been shaped by my years as a birthworker in New York City, by training and mentorship, and by the families I’ve supported — as well as by personal loss. Loss changes how you listen. It teaches you to tolerate uncertainty and to resist the impulse to fix or explain.

I’m drawn to the thresholds that shape a life — beginnings, endings, and the moments when something fundamental is shifting. I’m currently studying end-of-life care for both humans and animals. Birth and death may look different on the surface, but both ask for steadiness, discernment, and close attention.

When I’m with someone in labor or in grief, I pay close attention. I care about physiology and evidence. I care about informed choice. I completely trust your instincts — and I am not hands-off. I stand beside you with experience and clarity when decisions feel heavy, offering guidance when it’s needed and space when it’s not.

Outside the birth room, the kitchen has become another place I practice care. I trained in simple, seasonal cooking with Clover and Timothy and found myself drawn to food that is elemental and restorative — soups, stews, and sourdough bread. I cook with local ingredients whenever possible, including flour milled by my family at Farmer Ground Flour here in Trumansburg, New York, using grain grown nearby.

I bring that food to people moving through transition — postpartum, recovery, illness, miscarriage, abortion, or the end of life. It is not elaborate. It is intentional.

Across all of it — birth, loss, food, endings — I am interested in what helps a person feel steady in their body and clear in their decisions.