Pieces of a Woman

Feature film Birth Consultant, 2020

Vanessa Kirby initially brought me onto the project to coach her through her birth scene, but I was soon hired to be on set to consult with the writer and director as well, resulting in the 24-minute single take birth scene that helped Vanessa win her Oscar nomination for the role.

The Business of Being Born

Featured Speaker, 2008

What started as a conversation on my experiences as a doula with documentary filmmaker Abby Epstein turned into my participation in one of the most instrumental voices in the movement for better maternity healthcare and better, safer birth experiences in the United States.

Founder, Board President

Choices in Childbirth, 2012 - 2015

A 501(c)(3) not-for-profit New York City-based organization whose mission is to improve maternity care by providing the public, especially childbearing women and their families, with the information necessary to make fully informed decisions relating to how, where, and with whom they will give birth. 

Managing Partner

Dragonfly Theatricals LLC, 1998 - 2014

A theatrical producing organization with plays and musicals on Broadway and the West End. Broadway Producing Credits include American Idiot, Come Fly Away, Pee Wee Herman Show, Cry Baby, Coram Boy, The Wedding Singer, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Hairspray, Metamorphoses, The Crucible, Death of a Salesman, The Iceman Cometh

London Producing Credits include Monty Python’s Spamalot, Rent, Michael Moore Live!

Member, Board of Directors

Maternity Neighborhood, 2013 - 2018

Maternity Neighborhood is a mission-driven company with a portfolio of digital tools to support woman-centered, relationship-based maternity care. These tools can be configured in a variety of ways to meet the needs of providers in a range of settings and care models.

Healthy Women, Healthy Futures Program

Originating Member, Advisor (2013 to 2015) 

A proposal to expand access to doula care for underserved women across the 5 boroughs of New York City.  In 2013, the city and state awarded the program $450,000, initial funding that would lead to a multi year partnership. 

North Central Bronx Coalition

Originating Member, Advisor (2013 to 2014)  

A coalition of community-based organizations, advocates, parents, policy makers and concerned citizens that successfully petitioned the city to re-open the midwifery lead labor and delivery department at North Central Bronx Hospital.  

New York Coalition for Doula Access (NYCDA)

Co-Founder (2011- 2015) 

A coalition of doulas, activists, community-based organizers and concerned citizens working together to expand access to doula care among the most at risk and under served communities in New York City & State.   

B.A., Gender and Sexuality Studies

New York University, 2005, Magna Cum Laude

Birth Doula Training

DONA International, 2000

Midwifery Assistant Program

The Farm, 2003, 2004

Emergency Medical Technician Certification

New York State Department of Health Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, 2003