My Background

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Education:

  • DreamBirth Guided Imagery with Claudia Rosenhouse (2020)

  • Craniosacral Therapy for Infant Breastfeeding with Alison Hazelbaker (2019)

  • Certified Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist with LifeShapes Institute (700 training hours) (2019)

  • Visceral Biodynamics - The Peritoneal Organs - Advanced Course with Mary Louise Muller (2019)

  • Craniosacral Therapy for Moms and Babies with Debra Bochinski (2018)

  • APPPAH (Association of Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Health) Pre- and Perinatal Educator (2017)

  • Director of BIRTHFIT San Diego (2015-2017)

  • CAPPA certified postpartum Doula (2012)

  • DONA certified labor doula (2011)

  • BA in Cultural Studies with a minor in photography (2010)

  • Studied human trafficking and the marginalization of Mekong Region with Food for then Hungry. Internship with Non-profit, Garden of Hope, in Thailand (2009)

Other trainings, workshops, & volunteer experience:

  • Volunteer doula for Operation Special Delivery

  • Hormonal Physiology of Birth with Anna VerWaal

  • From Womb to World-the journey that shapes our lives with Anna VerWaal

  • Conscious Conception with Anna VerWaal

  • Breech Update with Nicole Morales, CPM

  • Spinning Babies with Nicole Morales, CPM

  • Teen Educator training with CAPPA

  • Hotline Operator for Project Cuddle  

  • Postpartum Sealing Training with Tema Mercado, CPM

  • Embodiment Seminar with Ray Castellino

  • Therapeutic Play for Children with Wendy Anne McCarty 

  • Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization Exercise 1 with Dr. Rintala

  • Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization Flow with Dr. Rintala

  • Sex & the Psoas with Liz Koch

  • Palatal Mapping for Infant Regulation and Bonding with Clara Cunningham