Jillian is a birth and postpartum doula that has been engaged in birth work for over a decade. With an educational background in Psychology, she has a passion for science and believes strongly in empowerment through education. Jillian supports all growing families, in an effort to move birth culture toward an experience inclusive of evidence-based practices that prioritizes birthing people and their babies.

She has been a birth worker for 10 years, is a mother of 2 and currently lives in Philadelphia. She and her mother, also a doula, run our live group birth course.

Maddison was a new mom with her first child she had debilitating postpartum anxiety. She couldn't leave him or let others hold him and always went to worst case scenarios in her mind. She decided after seeking help and learning tools through her masters program in social work that she could help break out of the anxiety cycles and fully enjoy her motherhood. Maddison has a Bachelor’s of Science in Marriage and Family Life from Brigham Young University and a Master’s of Social Work from Louisiana State University. Her approaches in therapy include a hybrid of frameworks found in cognitive behavior therapy and dialectical behavior therapy with pregnant and postpartum women.

Maria has been practicing yoga since early 2000 and has been teaching for the past five years. She trained in the DC/VA area where she received a RYT 200, PRYT85 (Prenatal), 500RYT and accomplished a ERYT (over 1000hrs of training and teaching) designations. Maria has completed most of her teacher trainings through Tranquil Space and recently finished an additional 200hr Yoga Teacher Training with YogaWorks. She specializes in Prenatal Yoga and offers a variety of Preparing for Birth Partner Workshops. Maria is also a Professional Doula and she uses her knowledge and experience to answer questions of parents-to-be, whether related to fertility, pregnancy or the postpartum period. Finally she holds a degree in Therapeutic Massage and is a Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT), specializing in Trigger Point Therapy and Prenatal Massage. She brings compassion, a nurturing touch, and attention to proper alignment in her teaching and assisting. Through her education and experience Maria's mission is to educate expectant mothers, and to help them feel confident and empowered to advocate for themselves

Cassidy is a children’s sleep coach who helps families raise happier and healthier children by guiding them to better sleep practices. Her interest in children’s sleep and development began during her years at the University of Utah where she studied Health Education and received a Bachelor of Science degree in 2008. A mother of three—including twin girls—she has drawn on her years of research in this area not only in shaping healthier sleep outcomes in her own family, but also, beginning in 2014, in the families of her own clients. Due to the tremendous success of her method, her business has grown organically throughout the years—mainly through word-of-mouth recommendations—which has afforded her the opportunity to help families throughout the country achieve healthy and happier sleep for their children.

Ezinne Dawson is a doula and a community midwife located in Honolulu with over 200 births under her belt as well as five children of her own and a gestational carrier for a family struggling with infertility. An active board member of the Hawai‘i Home Birth Collective (HIHBC) and member of the Hawai‘i Women’s Coalition (HWC), Ezinne is a staunch advocate for reproductive justice and the rights of birthing people. Ezinne provides prenatal appointments for her home-birthing families, and teaches one-on-one birth education classes. Additionally, Ezinne provides appointments postpartum where she focuses on lactation support, assessment for postpartum disorders and provides information that supports overall well-being and healing. Her passion is in making sure that every person has the birth that she desires and is educated about the power their bodies possess to birth their babies the way they want to.

Born in Nigeria and raised in Hawai‘i, Michigan, and New York, Ezinne attended her first birth at the age of 15, at her mother's side. She went on to study Marriage Family and Human Development in college. Ezinne has served as the doula to many women in hospital settings and additionally has attended well over 100 home births. 

After navigating chronic headaches since childhood, digestive issues in college, fertility challenges & miscarriage in adulthood, and eventual autoimmune disease diagnosis, Brittany has found relief from all through a strategic root cause approach. She dove in through nutrition and lifestyle changes that challenge American cultural norms to find healing, answers, and restoration. Brittany is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner. She specializes in fertility challenges, optimizing fertility, pregnancy & lactation nutrition, and postpartum nutrient replenishment. She enjoys helping women find the root cause of their health symptoms, restore optimal health, and feel full and wholly nourished every step of their motherhood journey.

As a Mother/Baby nurse working in LA county California during the pandemic, Sami was sending families home every day from the hospital and out into the world without the resources she knew they needed to thrive. She and Kristen then created Birth Halo.

Sami is certified in BBLA lactation training, is nationally certified in maternal newborn nursing, and has assisted over 3000 families with postpartum care. She believes that the strategy a family creates and the help they receive during the first year of postpartum impacts generations. 

As an IBCLC (Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant) and LVN (Licensed Vocational Nurse), Jennifer uses evidence-based practices to assure success with breastfeeding while supporting all feeding situations of a baby. Jen has now worked with thousands of moms and families in her work of over 20 years across the globe. Jennifer has served in the community at different coalitions including La Leche League and Milk Mamas Milk Banks. She worked as the main educator for new nurse hires and students nurses in their orientation education at a magnet hospital. Jennifer has a broadminded approach to childbirth and breastfeeding, and the process through which each individual derives as their own unique experience. Jennifer works with families and practitioners internationally in pursuit of her goals to promote, protect and support breastfeeding and lactation world-wide.

Kellie, recipe developer, lives in Phoenix, AZ, with her husband, two kids and pup. They’re an active family, so Kellie strives to provide nutrient-rich meals that keep her family going. Kellie has been passionate about cooking since she was a teen and studied food science in college. Her food philosophy is to experiment, eat what’s in season, and use variety. Her recipes will help ease your meal planning and give you more time to care for yourself and your little one.

Kristen is a mom of 3 and co-founder of Birth Halo. She has her masters in public administration from George Washington with an emphasis on International Development and has lived abroad for most of her life. She is married to a diplomat and they currently live in Tokyo, where she grew up. She has taught a variety of styles of yoga for 9 years as well, including pre and postnatal and baby and me classes.  Kristen is a DONA trained Postpartum Doula working on her final few credentials to get her official certification. She struggled through years of infertility followed by IVF for both of her pregnancies. Her twins ended up in the NICU for 2 & 3 weeks and she had a failed V-BAC for her second. She understands some of the ups and downs of starting a family and looks forward to helping new families however she can.