A native to Milwaukee, WI, Jessica has spent her life committed to serving the community she calls home. As a mother of four mostly grown children, she has experienced firsthand the challenges and joys of parenting, which have deeply informed ...

Noshaba (they/she) is an experienced trauma-informed, healing- centered, and evidence-based fertility, birth, and postpartum doula. She has over fifteen years of experience providing trauma-informed, client-centered, queer and trans affirming direct services, advocacy, and education in various public health settings. A ...

Carly Ann (she/her) has been a doula for five years and attended over 50 births. Before becoming a doula she worked in social justice education with teenagers. She began feeling dissatisfied with just talking shop about injustice, and found that ...

Brit (she/her) joined Birthways in 2014 as a Labor Support Doula and Perinatal/Lactation Educator, bringing years of experience and love for learning to this work as a certified doula. Brit’s interest in women’s health and perinatal studies began as part ...

Aki (she/her) graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2022 with a degree in Health Promotion & Health Equity, as well as an additional major in Dance. During her studies she learned about the maternal health crisis in the U.S. ...

Amy's journey into care work began by attending "older sister training" at 5 years old before her little brother was born. She worked as a babysitter and nanny throughout her college years, and is joining Birthways as a Postpar- tum ...

As an aspiring performing artist in NYC following college, Maia (she/her) made her living for several years as a nanny. She helped raise 3 beautiful girls from birth until the eldest was 8 years old, and the youngest was 2. ...

Ruby (she/her) is a certified Labor Support, Sibling Care, and Postpartum doula, who joined Birthways in 2021. Daughter of a former Labor & Delivery nurse and lactation consultant, Ruby has been learning about pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and parenting her whole ...

Shelitha (she/her) brings such a lovely blend of thoughtful science and gentle, natural care to her doula work. With her B.S. in Biology and Physiology, her personal experience with home birth and a heart that's always learning, she truly un- ...

Daisy (she/her) is a holistic birth and postpartum doula, trained in Advanced Labor Support, Peer Lactation Support and Childbirth Education. She is currently pursuing her Associate's Degree in Midwifery from the Midwest Maternal Health Institute and expects to complete the ...