Experience
Before starting my journey to becoming a midwife I was in a Medical Magnet school in Yonkers, New York. I took various courses including, Diagnostic Cardiology, Anatomy and Physiology I and II, and Medical Terminology. I also joined a specialty club that studied Diabetes. I did this all even before college and wanted to be involved the medical field, but never really found anything that I was really drawn to. I went on to take some courses in Westchester College in Vahalla, New York.
I eventually moved on and in 2004 decided to move to Las Vegas. I had an awakening when I went through my pregnancy with Summer and found my calling. What I had been setting my life up for without knowing. I met my Preceptor Jill Colin, CPM and her partner midwife Marvelys Lopez, CPM at a Birth Year Network meeting where I spoke on Summers birth at the hospital and was encouraged by them to attend a student midwives meeting. After the meeting and an interview with them I started my journey. I attended well women care, prenatals, births, and postpartum visits with both midwives while completing my studies and learning practical skills with them. In the last few months of my internship I did some office visits on my own and was proactive at births.
I had my evaluation with my Preceptor in October of 2008 and was approved to start taking clients during the last portion of my education. I work directly with her for my first 20 births as a primary. I was expecting my second child, Forest Benjamin, in March of 2009 so I continued to work in the office and started to do free workshops on the topic of Waterbirth and decided to take clients upon returning. A previous labor tub client reffered her sister to me and we had such a great connection that I decided to take her as my first and only midwifery client until my son was a few months old. Even though I was pregnant I took care of her and her family and happily attended to her pregnancy and postpartum.