Credentials

  • CD(DONA) – DONA International Certified Birth Doula
  • CYT – Certified Yoga Teacher (250 hours – The Yoga Sanctuary, Toronto)
  • Certified Pre & Post Natal Yoga Teacher (The Yoga Sanctuary, Toronto)
  • Certified Yoga Nidra Teacher (The Yoga Sanctuary, Toronto)
  • Certified in Rebozo Connection: The Gena Kirby Method
  • Former La Leche League Canada Leader
  • DONA (Doulas of North America) International Member
  • Association of Ontario Doulas (Doula CARE) Member
  • Fully insured through LMS Prolink and Lackner McLennan
  • Toronto Police Services Vulnerable Sector Screening
  • Infant & Child CPR  & First Aid certification – Canadian Red Cross
  • TENS Machine certification
  • Beginner and Advanced Peanut Ball Certification

Rebozo badge

Continuing Education

  • Aug 2024 Intro to Infant Cranial Sacral Therapy Protocols & Fascial Release Techniques, with Lori Hendrickson
  • Dec 2023 Gold Learning Labour & Delivery Online Symposium, with Britta Bushnell, Mandy Irby, Karen Strange, Jenny Blyth, Maggie Runyon, Kamilla Gerhard Nielsen, LaShea Haynes, Jennifer Jo Averill Moffitt
  • Nov 2023 MinoFest (formerly Racialized Maternal Health Conference)
  • Mar 2023 – Infant and Child CPR & First Aid certification with Canadian Red Cross
  • Feb 2023 – Peanut Balls: Beginner and Advanced Certification for Professionals with Mandy Irby, RN
  • Sep 2022 – Heart of Mentoring, with Birthing From Within
  • July 2022 – The Resilient Doula, with Lesley Everest
  • Sep 2021 – Cesarean Scar Release with Mamastefit
  • Oct 2020 – Empowered Birth in the Age of COVID-19 conference, with Ibu Robin Lim, Debra Pascali-Bonaro and Dr. Amy Gilliland
  • Apr 2020 – Infection Prevention and Control in Professional Perinatal Support Services (Health Canada approved)
  • Apr 2020 – Holding Space in Space (virtual doula care), with Laura Interlandi and Erica Livingston, Birdsong Brooklyn
  • Apr 2020 – Virtual Postpartum Doula Support, with Kathrin Auger
  • Nov 2019 – Creating a Culture of Ethical Practice with Cynda Rushton, Hospital for Sick Kids
  • Oct 2019 – Working with Multiples training with Kimberly Beppler
  • Sept 2019 – Foundations of Infant & Early Mental Health, Hospital for Sick Kids
  • Sept 2019 – Flock Yeah doula retreat with Gena Garcia-Kirby, Lesley Everest and Diane Whapio Bartlett
  • Sep 2018 – When Survivors Give Birth certification
  • Sep 2018 – TENS machine certification
  • Aug 2018 – Savvy Birth Pro workshop, with Evidence Based Birth Toronto
  • Feb 2018 – Anti-Oppression for Birth Workers workshop, with Giselle Johnston
  • Jan 2018 – Racialized Maternal Health Conference
  • Dec 2017 – Rebozo and Postpartum Doula workshop with Isabel Perez, traditional doula & midwife
  • Dec 2017 – Savvy Birth Pro workshop, with Evidence Based Birth Toronto
  • Mar 2017 – Flock Yeah doula retreat with Gena Garcia-Kirby, Lesley Everest, Melissa Abrosimoff and Beth Murch
  • Feb 2017 – G.R.A.C.E. Protocol: embodied compassion for healthcare professionals with Roshi Joan Halifax, Hospital for Sick Kids
  • May 2016 – Pregnancy and Infant Loss Summit, Mount Sinai Hospital
  • May 2016 – Maternal Goddess Rediscover Resilience postnatal recovery conference, Ryerson University