About me
My journey as a birth worker began with my pregnancy with my son Sage. My husband and I were excited to become parents, and I quickly chose a homebirth, which was a profound spiritual experience. I discovered my strength and the power everyone holds in bringing their babies into the world. This inspired my passion for womb wellness, fertility, pregnancy, birth, and herbal support. I wanted to support parents, especially postpartum. I attended a labor doula workshop at Birthingway College of Midwifery in 2019 and the Doulas of Color Business Workshop in 2020. Shortly after, I started my own practice, Hózhó Full Spectrum Care, and have since supported over 50 families.
I was born and raised in Tulsa, Ok, and have lived in Portland for the past 10 years with my husband, my two sons Sage, and Sterlin, and 2 cats, Bev and Carol. I am a Diné adszáán (Navajo woman) who is strongly passionate about herbal support, anything wellness, reproductive health, and justice. I come from a strong lineage of Diné who have passed down to me what it is to be an Indigenous person in this modern world we live in now and how balance is key to life.
My approach is a fusion of Holistic, Spiritual, and with Evidence-Based Information!
Birth is 100% spiritual and physiological. You are bringing another life through from a spiritual portal, you and your baby work together to do this. That alone is such a transcendent interconnected journey. Not one birth is the same, each is different and unique, your story is yours and yours alone. This time can be raw, delicate, and altering, my goal for you is to feel heard, safe, and supported throughout your entirety of care. I provide informational, emotional, herbal, spiritual, and physical support to reach healthful and informed care.
MY VISION
Is to decolonize the birth narrative, by bringing awareness for the importance of advocacy for Black, Indigenous, Latina/x, Asian, and other people who identify as POC. My hope is to improve the maternal and infant mortality rates among Black and Indigenous communities with more education surrounding pregnancy, labor + birth, lactation, feeding, and newborn care support.
a few fun facts about me
My favorite food is any kind of burger.
My sun is in Cancer, my moon is in Aries, and my Rising is in Virgo.
I have to be outside connecting with mother earth doing some kind of movement, this brings me peace and a sense of grounding.
One of my favorite things is to forage plants and medicines on this sacred land and create from them for everyone’s well-being.
If you become my friend you become my family.
I love every kind of animal especially chickens, goats, otters, dogs, eagles, you name it.
Going to ceremony with relatives brings me a sense of well-being and grounds me with my HÓZHÓ.
Going to Diné flea markets and shopping for turquoise and other beautiful stones is my love language.
Trainings
and
Certifications
Birth Doula Training
Birthingway College of Midwifery
Doula’s Business Workshop for Doula’s of Color
with Kimberly Porter and Raeben Nolan
Spinning Babies Workshop
approved by American College of Nurse Midwives with Kelly Dungan
Cultural Competency Course
with Think Cultural Health
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Maternal Health Care
with Think Cultural Health
Trauma-Informed Care
with Oregon Care Partner
Trauma-Informed Care
with Jesse Remer and Astrid
Elimination Communication for BIPOC Caregivers
with Raeanne Madison from the Anishinaabe Tribe
Postpartum Healing Lodge
with Raeanne Madison from the Anishinaabe Tribe
Indigenous Lactation Peer Counselor Training
with Cami Goldhammer and Kim More-Salas
