I have been supporting birthing mothers and offering Midwifery and Doula care for more than three decades. As a Licensed and Certified Professional Midwife, I have a special focus on Home Birth. I am also the mother of two grown daughters, a wife, a grandmother, a teacher of families, doulas, and midwife apprentices, a childbirth educator, a birth activist, and founder of the Family Life Center.  I am one of the founders of BirthNet, a local non-profit organization whose mission is to educate the public about maternity care in order to improve it. I am currently working hard to build the Birth Justice Coalition to address vast disparities in maternal and infant mortality for women of color in Albany.  I train doulas and am happy to have seen the number of doulas in the Capital District grow exponentially since I began our trainings.  I received my Registered Nurse license in New York in 1980. After apprenticing for 15 years with two local birth professionals, I earned my Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) credential from the North American Registry of Midwives in 1998.  In September, 2010, I earned my Bachelor of Science Degree in Midwifery from the National College of Midwifery. I received a license as a Midwife in NY State (LM/CNM) in 2011. I have been supporting families who want support using water during birth for over 20 years. I work in partnership whenever possible, always knowing that two heads and four hands are best! I know that families are powerful and deserve guidance, support, and love as they travel their birth journey. I have been blessed to be present at hundreds of births of new families.​