About me
My birthwork and herbal path began the moment I learned I was pregnant. Becoming a parent awakened and deepened my passion for womb care, plant medicine, and offering support to people with reverence, compassion. and traditional teachings. I trained as a labor doula at Birthingway College of Midwifery in 2019 and participated in the Doulas of Color Business Workshop in January 2020. immediately started Hózhó Full Spectrum Care during the COVID pandemic.
After my third pregnancy in 2021, I began Hózhó Herbal Creations, where i began selling plant medicines that i offered to the families that I was suppOrting in my Doula practice. I slowly began learning and working with traditional Diné, but also the plant medicines that grow here in the PNW.
My approach is a fusion of Holistic, traditional teachings, 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
I WAS born and raised in Tulsa, OK, and have lived in Portland for 15 years with my husband, our sons Sage and Sterlin, and two cats, Bev and Carol.
My favorite food ever is a green chile burger!
i am a cancer sun, aries moon, and ascended in Virgo.
I have to be outside connecting with mother earth by a river or the ocean for my own mental/emotional wellness.
harvesting plants to weave into medicines brings a sense of peace that i hope others feel that same peace through the plants.
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 sweat, ceremony, or helping others with their own.
shopping with shíma at Diné flea markets & turqUOise jewelry!!!
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
