Mother, Prenatal Educator, Activist, Doula: Roots and Wings
Kelly is a mother, educator and naturalist. She has been teaching her popular Holistic Childbirth Prep Workshop for over eight years in the Bay Area and North Bay, and spent five years attending low risk and high risk births in San Francisco. Prior to birth work, she was a labor organizer in public sector hospitals across California and she continues to use her skills as a community organizer to her support her work in the world of reproductive justice. Kelly was one of the co-founders of the Bay Area Doula Project, and has created numerous storytelling forums for folks to share their stories about birth, loss, and miscarriage. Kelly has curated an on-going column about reproductive experiences in SQUAT Birth Journal and her writing has been included in the anthology Birth Work As Care Work.
As a Certified California Naturalist, Kelly works to bring forth the wisdom of our animal bodies to birth with confidence. Kelly has partnered with Lara Sodergren, Licensed Midwife, to create Wild Lands Pregnancy, a nature group for pregnant folks and doula trainings.
She is happiest when she is with her daughter and dog in the woods, taking photographs of mushrooms and forest life, or working with owls at the Bird Rescue Center in Santa Rosa.
As a Certified California Naturalist, Kelly works to bring forth the wisdom of our animal bodies to birth with confidence. Kelly has partnered with Lara Sodergren, Licensed Midwife, to create Wild Lands Pregnancy, a nature group for pregnant folks and doula trainings.
She is happiest when she is with her daughter and dog in the woods, taking photographs of mushrooms and forest life, or working with owls at the Bird Rescue Center in Santa Rosa.