About Me

I am a mom of three wonderful children and currently live in Ottawa.

 

My original educational background is a degree in Political Science with a focus on women’s & children’s rights in Latin America. I have worked in a number of NGO’s and with different levels of national and international governments.

 

I moved to Canada in 2008. Originally I am from Venezuela, where there is a prevalent culture of caesarean births being the norm and as you can imagine, concepts like physiological birth, doulas, VBAC’s (Vaginal Births after Caesarean) and midwifes are not well understood.

 

For the birth of my first child, I was unprepared and I lacked the ability to make informed choices, in the end it ended with an emergency C-section. For the birth of my second child, I wanted to seek out a VBAC. At first it was hard to find resources and support, but after hiring a doula, I was able to have the birth experience I wanted.

 

I was inspired by the work that Doulas do, so I became committed to completing Doula training during my second postpartum period so that I could provide mothers with the same support that made all the difference for me and give back to my community. I believe this path has given me the ability to impact individual families. My work as a doula is grounded in empathy, integrity, and respect for each family’s unique story. I believe birth should not be rooted in fear, but in knowledge, compassion, and trust.

 

In 2025, after witnessing many of my clients struggle to secure midwifery care during pregnancy, I founded AMEA – the Alliance for Midwifery Education & Access, a grassroots initiative dedicated to improving access to midwifery care in Ontario. AMEA focuses on advocating for the expansion of midwifery education opportunities across Eastern & Northern Ontario, merging my political background with my passion for perinatal care. I have collaborated with academic institutions, conducted over 100 stakeholder consultations, and advanced policy discussions at the provincial level on expanding midwifery education and access to care.

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In 2026, through AMEA, I began Proyecto Tejiendo Vida Venezuela, focused on developing the first professional midwifery education program in my birth country, Venezuela, as a way to address the maternal health crisis and the mistreatment many women experience within the healthcare system.