I’ve spent the past fourteen years as a full-time career nanny, much of that time alongside newborns and families in the earliest, most vulnerable days of parenthood. This work has shaped me slowly and deeply—not just in how I care for babies, but in how I show up for parents as their lives change in irreversible and meaningful ways.

Over the years, I’ve also sought out training that deepened my ability to listen, stay present, and support people through periods of transition. This learning continues to shape how I work—helping me slow things down, ask thoughtful questions, and create space for parents to be exactly where they are, without rushing toward solutions or minimizing their experience.

In 2018, I completed my postpartum doula training through Natural Resources. While I had always loved caring for newborns, this training widened my understanding of the postpartum period as something tender, powerful, and worthy of care in its own right. It helped me see postpartum not as something to manage or endure, but as a sacred season for the entire family.

In 2019, I joined a family who went on to welcome three children over the course of six years. Supporting them through each postpartum period—integrating doula-informed care, practical newborn support, and steady emotional presence—has been a profound gift. Being with one family over time allowed me to witness not only newborn days, but the slow unfolding of parenthood, siblinghood, and family life. This depth of continuity shaped my practice in ways no single training ever could.

During those years, I also had the privilege of working closely with postpartum doulas, lactation consultants, sleep specialists, and newborn care specialists. Learning from and alongside these professionals expanded my understanding of postpartum care and strengthened my desire to step fully into this work myself.

In 2025, ahead of the birth of this family’s third child, I repeated the Natural Resources postpartum doula training and began working independently with families toward certification. I am continuing to complete my certification requirements and will be undertaking additional postpartum doula training with Teri Nava Anderson of Harmony Doulas in April 2026.

From December through February, I am dedicating myself fully to supporting one family during the immediate postpartum period. Beginning in May 2026 and throughout the rest of the year, I plan to focus on honing my practice as a postpartum doula—offering care to families at a significantly reduced rate as I continue to deepen my craft.

Tracy Masilion, who teaches at Natural Resources, describes doula work as “mothering the mother.” I hold that close. Sometimes that mothering looks like tending to the practical things—making sure you’ve eaten, that your baby is fed and settled, that the day feels held. Other times, it is the act of bearing witness: seeing how hard this is and gently naming it; seeing how deeply good it can be and honoring that too. And sometimes, it means offering silence—being nearby without words, without interpretation, allowing your experience to be entirely your own. My role is to move with care and attunement, to support what is needed in each moment, and to trust the power of quiet when that is what best serves.