I was raised in Kitsap County, Washington State. I received a B.A. in Environmental Studies & Education in Bellingham, WA, where I also operated my own booking business for local musicians and worked at a non-profit, providing job skills and housing assistance.

By instinct, I moved to San Francisco in 2008, and have resided in the Mission District since. Through these years I’ve inextricably woven into this community. By becoming a doula I’ve found a vastly meaningful way to be consistently involved, and care for families, while utilizing some of my favorite forms of creativity, knowledge and skill; personal growth encouragement, realization of flexibility & boundaries, herbs, nutrition, and creating peaceful &/ or expressive environments. My big picture priorities are holding space to allow for families’ intuition to lead changes and transitions inherent in the birth process and after, and birth/ postpartum team dynamics and health.

Community is a core component of health for birthing people in pregnancy, birth and postpartum. Everyone should have access to doula support should they want it; there is work to be done to get to that place!