I was born and raised here in the Bay Area, in Piedmont, just through the tunnel. From a very early age, I always knew that I wanted to work in Women’s Health. I blame it on my mother taking me to a “young girls and their changing bodies” class at probably too young of age but am so thankful for it.

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I always saw the benefit in women having the opportunity to educate themselves about their bodies and health. In high school, my junior and senior years, I voluntarily gave up my free period and asked to help teach the Freshmen Health Ed Class.

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In college, I continued to look for ways to expand my knowledge and discover my love for medicine and health education. I attended Washington University in Saint Louis as an undergraduate and worked as a campus EMT and a patient educator at Planned Parenthood.

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After college, while working for the Red Cross, I knew that Women’s health was my calling and explored all my options of how to incorporate it in my life. Having been on a pre-med track, I had never really considered being a nurse practitioner, or, like many, heard of a midwife.

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It was not until I learned what a certified nurse-midwife is, that I knew it was what I was meant to do. I discovered a career that would end up being the best decision of my life. I found a way in which I would be able to combine my passion for medicine, science, and health while getting to incorporate patient education.

 

I moved to New York City to pursue my midwifery studies. I attended Columbia University where I obtained my second bachelor’s in nursing and my master’s in Midwifery. Upon graduating, I took a position at Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. This busy city hospital gave me more experiences than I could have ever dreamed of. Talk about being thrown into the deep end of the pool! But I loved every second of it. I had the chance to work with people of many different backgrounds and many different levels of care. In my three and a half years there, I had the opportunity to deliver some of my patients’ second and even third babies, while on other days, I had deliveries in the hospital lobby of people walking in off the street with no prenatal care and denying they were pregnant. It was an amazing place.

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However, after seven years in New York, I felt it was time to come back home and be closer to my family. I was blessed enough to cross paths with Dr. Wells in the most unexpected way- on FaceTime! My sister was delivering her second baby and I missed flying out for it by a day. But not wanting to miss out, or be there for her, I was able to participate via the wonders of technology. After chatting with Dr. Wells during her delivery, I then met him the next day in Postpartum and we hit it off. I learned more about the practice and philosophy and knew it would be a great fit. A few months later, I found myself back on the west coast and joining an incredible practice.

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I love that I am now in a place where I can provide each patient with, literally, the care I would want for my sister. I aim to provide an environment that is supportive and relaxed, and where one feels that all their concerns are heard and their questions answered. I pride myself on educating my patients, so they can be active participants in their care.

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I feel blessed that I truly love what I do. I get to be a part of such a joyous and life-changing event in so many peoples’ lives. Getting to be present at that moment, when a patient goes from being a woman to being a mom, is something I treasure on a daily basis.