When I was a little girl, people would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up. Every time I would answer, "I want to help deliver babies!" For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be a part of that special, intimate time of welcoming a new baby in to the world. I have always been fascinated with the amazing miracle of pregnancy and birth, and I am blessed every time I am involved in that season of a woman's life. 
 
Don't you see that children are God's best gift? The fruit of the womb His generous legacy?
~Psalm 127:3

I am the mother of two wonderful children-a son born in 1996 and a daughter born in 1998. I was a stay at home mom for many years. When my children were a little older, I went to nursing school. I became a nurse in 2004.  I attended my first birth in August 1998, not knowing at the time that I was serving as a doula. Since then, I have attended many births, first as a "birth coach", then as a nursing student while doing my clinical rotations, and now as a doula. I have over 14 years experience as a perinatal professional. 

I am a member of CAPPA (Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association), the world's largest childbirth education organization. I serve on CAPPA's Board of Directors as Executive Director of Operations and I am a CAPPA Faculty member. I hold certifications through CAPPA in the following areas:

• Labor Doula (CLD)
• Childbirth Educator (CCCE)
• Lactation Educator (CLE)
• Teen Educator (CCTE)

I am also a certified HUG Your Baby Instructor (CHT), and am currently working towards my IBCLC. My children and I live in the Kansas City area. We are a homeschooling family and we are very active in our church and community.