Professional Achievements

In The News

Midwives & Maternal Health in African American Communities: A Celebration of Life and Legacy of Lucy Jacobs Stewart

Presented at William Jewell College of Nursing’s Women’s History Month Program, Liberty, Missouri March 2022


Listening to and Justly Partnering with Community Led Perinatal Health Solutions

Interview with Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs, March 2022 


Black Birthing Futures Research Study, John Hopkins University, 2024-2025

Research & Writing

“Testimonio of a Woman of Color: The Privilege of Citizenship”

Presented at the 41st Annual National Association for Chicana & Chicano Studies Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah April 2014


“Does Language of Origin Affect the Economic Assimilation of Black Immigrants in the U.S.? Combining Geographical & Linguistic Frameworks”

Presented at 14th Annual SEARCH Symposium for Research and Creative Achievements, Kansas City, Missouri, April 2014

Honorable Mention - Behavioral & Social Sciences Division

Presented at 2nd Annual University of Missouri - Kansas City Interdisciplinary Conference Kansas City, Missouri April 2014

Education

Substitute Teacher Certification 2024

Salt Lake City School District


Professional Midwife Certification 2021

Preceptor Certification 2024

North American Registry of Midwives


Birth Doula Certification 2018

Beastfeeding Peer Counselor 2018

Uzazi Village - Kansas City


Juris Doctorate 2017

Criminal Law & Immigration Law Emphasis

University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law

Chancellor’s Multicultural Merit Scholarship


Bachelor of Art in Sociology 2014

Black Studies & Latino Studies Emphasis

University of Missouri - Kansas City

Summa Cum Laude

Victor Wilson Scholarship

Edward Tomich Scholarship

Professional Roles

Midwifery Studies - 2023-present

Didactic Instructor for PEP students not enrolled in MEAC programs


The Baobab Tree Midwives & Doulas - 2016-2023

Founder & Primary Midwife for a home birth practice centering the Black experience


Quindaro Maternity Clinic - 2022

Founding Member & Primary Midwife for a Spanish language open access pregnancy clinic


Wyandotte County Fetal & Infant Mortality Review Board - 2020-2022

Community Board Member


Kansas City Black Home School Families - 2015-2019

Founding Member & Small Lesson Instructor


Uzazi Village - 2015-2018

Doula

Cloth Diaper Resource Coordinator