Professional Achievements
In The News
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