Speaking engagements, hospital trainings, podcast appearances, partnerships.
Keynotes, hospital staff training, doula cohort lectures, podcasts, book orders, or just a question you cannot find the answer to. I read every note myself, and I answer them too.
Conferences, hospital staff trainings, doula cohorts, podcasts, panels, university lectures. Evidence-based birth content delivered with humor and depth, drawn from 15+ years of maternal-newborn care and the curriculum that built Mary’s Hands Network.
Tell me about your event in the form below. Pick whichever topic fits, and say what you want the room to walk out with.
Each can be adapted for keynote, breakout, half-day intensive, or virtual format. CEU documentation available on request.
Keynote · Panel
Three years of data from a hospital-integrated community doula program. What happens to cesarean rates, preterm birth, and breastfeeding initiation when you put trained doulas in the room with the families who need them most.
For: hospital systems, public health audiences, conference keynotes, policy panels.
Hospital staff training
How L&D nurses, midwives, and physicians can integrate doulas into the room without role confusion. Comfort measures, scope of practice, communication frameworks, and what the evidence actually says about doula-supported birth.
For: L&D, postpartum, NICU, OBGYN clinical staff. CEU-ready.
Conference · Curriculum
A retrospective study of volunteer doula care and birth outcomes at a Louisiana hospital, presented at InJoy Health Education’s Annual Summit. The case for community-based care, the data behind it, and how to replicate the model in your community.
For: childbirth educators, doula trainers, public health programs.
Keynote · Workshop
A talk on servant leadership in maternal health, delivered at the Louisiana WIC Conference. The why behind community-based work, the burnout it can create, and how leaders sustain themselves when the work is also their calling.
For: WIC staff, public health leaders, nonprofit teams, community health workers.
Doula cohort lecture
A presentation series with coordinated online and hands-on teaching on comfort measures and labor support specific to hospital birth. Designed to bridge the gap between doula training and the actual labor floor.
For: doula training programs, midwifery and FNP students, RN OB clinical rotations.
University · Research symposium
Presented at the Southern University and A&M College School of Nursing Research Symposium. The case for doulas as an intervention against maternal health disparities, with data and a research roadmap.
For: nursing schools, research symposiums, academic medical centers, health policy audiences.
Returning for a third year with the Mary’s Hands Network outcomes and what they mean for hospital birth teams.
The International Childbirth Education Association’s national conference, where I also serve on the board of directors.
Not just my word for it. See what newsrooms, a hospital, a state registry and ICEA have written, or download the full CV (PDF).
Healthcare Administration, LSU Shreveport
Inpatient Obstetric Nursing, NCC
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
ICEA Approved Trainer, Birth Doula & Postpartum Doula · CPBD · CPCBE
Perinatal Mental Health Certified, PSI
I read every note myself and reply within a few business days.
I am Executive Director and lead instructor at Mary’s Hands Network, the ICEA-approved community doula program I founded in 2023.
