In 2007 I completed my degree at Purdue University and tied the knot with my sweetheart, Jamie. We began our family together in 2008 and now there are six of us. It was through the transformative processes of marriage, motherhood, and friendship that I grew a deep love to come alongside families in a similar stage of life. Since 2012 I have been providing services to birthing families as a certified birth doula, first through DONA International then through Birth Arts International. I am currently taking a break from doula work to pursue a degree in nursing. 

When I am not spending time with other families, I am busy making moments with my own. As a family we love to spend time outside, with friends, and watching a good movie or playing games.

I received my Bachelors Degree from New York University in Spanish and my Masters Degree from Columbia University in Spanish Education.  

I am certified as a childbirth educator through the CEA/MNY, as a Baby Sign Language Specialist through Kindersigns and was certified as a birth doula through DONA International.

With a Bachelors Degree in Marketing, I began working in product management for a local business and enjoyed all of the challenges and teamwork that were involved.  After finding out I was pregnant, I experienced immense joy.  Woven within the joy was the slowly emerging reality that I was going to actually have to give birth.  Crazy, right?  I was faced with either continuing through pregnancy in fear, or educating myself on both the physiology of birth and my options. I chose education and have never looked back.

My husband and I are blessed with three children that changed our lives forever, as children always do. The joys and challenges of birth and postpartum drew me into restructuring my career to be involved with this transforming time.  I now own Fort Wayne Doulas, a postpartum doula service, and enjoy teaching Birth Matters' Childbirth Education and Newborn Care classes serving families from pregnancy through postpartum.

I am trained through ProDoula as a childbirth educator and postpartum doula and look forward to serving you in this journey of a lifetime!