Featured Doulas

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Annelle is our agency's VBAC superstar doula.  As a two-time C-section mother, she goes above and beyond with educating and empowering her clients to prevent unwanted and unneeded surgical procedures and guide them towards their envisioned birth.  She speaks fluent Spanish and is passionate about serving the Latino community and bridging the gap between clients and their health care providers due to language barriers.  If you're interested in herbalism, placenta encapsulation, vaginal steaming, or belly binding, Annelle is your doula!   She love hiking and discovering new trails. On rainy days, she enjoys good coffee with a book. She is married with 2 children and has a Boxer named Luna Lovegood.  

Full-spectrum doula, experienced pediatric & obstetric nurse of over 10 years, project manager for a national non-profit organization, leading NJ's community doula initiatives--What can't Shonvá do? 

 Her personal motto is that every family deserves a beautiful birthing experience that is tailored to their specific needs and desires. She has a holistic approach that embraces nurturing the physical, mental, and emotional well-being. She has experience in yoni steaming and is an avid supporter of herbalism in conjunction with western medicine. She believes it is a privilege and honor to support families in this time of transition and is committed to supporting them with quality and integrity.  She is a passionate advocate for birth work and serving families with cultural humility.

In her free time, she enjoys hiking, traveling, and playing with her oversized German shepherd. She also loves to cook and is an avid baker.  

   Anastasia is a Mammissi trained Full Spectrum doula. She has been serving the community for over 10 years specializing in post partum, loss, baby wearing and early education. 
    For Anastasia Doula work is not only a passion but a generational assignment. Anastasia comes from a long line of birth workers and is her families fourth generational birth worker. Anastasia believes that doula work is social justice. She is a strong advocate for her clients and her family that comes to her for amazing advocacy work. 
    Anastasia is a compassionate and fun loving mother to a happy fifteen month old little. She enjoys reading , mediating and making tinctures when she can. 

India holds a Bachelors and Master’s Degree along with a host of other certifications.  She is a Domestic Violence Advocate, and has valuable experience as a Pregnancy Case Manager/Social Worker working closely with OB/GYN providers and midwives. India has successfully completed two recognized Birth Doula and Postpartum Trainings - one with Dona International and the other with Uzazi Village.

Additionally, she is a PAIL (Pregnancy and Infant Loss Advocate). She has 5 children, but she experienced a miscarriage and did not have the support she needed. She became a PAIL advocate to better support those who have experienced loss during pregnancy.

India also has experience supporting teenage moms and single parents.

To further enhance her skills, she is currently enrolled in school to learn ASL (American Sign Language) to bridge the gap between hearing and deaf communities. 

Keesha is a DONA trained birth doula and postpartum doula. She has worked to support families for over 10 years in the early childhood education field. She was called to birth work in 2020 when a family member expressed a need for additional support to combat fear-based coercion taking place in the Medical Industrial Complex. This is when it all became clear to her that birthwork is activism and she was going to dedicate her life to the cause. She has supported over 40 families through pregnancy, birth and postpartum. 

Community connection is an important tool that has become a part of the fabric of her work. She believes that sharing stories unites us as a people so she makes it a priority to hold space for those moments to take place. 

She is a Certified Prenatal/Postnatal Yoga Instructor through Mamata Yoga. When not working with clients, you can find her hiking near the mountains or the beach soaking up all of Mother Nature's beauty. 

 Jennifer Molina (she/her) is a full spectrum birth worker and perinatal health educator born and raised in NYC. Her birthwork centers Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, Queer folx, first generation folx, Spanish speaking folx, all people who have been made to feel othered, ignored and cast aside. As the middle child to two Dominican parents, her introduction to health advocacy started early. She would translate documents from English to Spanish, translate during medical appointments and help her parents and grandmother access other services.  Jennifer is also a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, Guatemala 2014-2016, which is where she developed a love for birthwork. She hosted pregnancy support groups, workshops, and conducted postpartum visits. Also developed a health education training of trainers program for nurses, health educators, and social workers to improve facilitation skills and learn to deliver health information in a fun, accessible way.    When she’s not reminding her clients who’s boss (them, of course), you can find her snuggled up with her two cats, Brooklyn and Pablo or scribbling poetry in her journal. 

If you're looking for a lighthearted doula who makes you feel warm, holds space for the plethora of emotions that comes with parenthood, and exemplifies doula excellence, get to know Simone.  She holds a Masters degree in Social Work and has 17 years experience working with children and families. She is currently studying to be a Perinatal Mental Health Counselor (PMH-C).

 It is her honor to tap into your needs, advocate and embrace your wishes at this monumental time of creating and expanding your family. She believes in inclusivity as every birthing person is deserving of quality care, honesty and to be affirmed and respected.  

Simone has experience working with many  family structures including single parents, those managing stressors and navigating triggers, and foster and adoptive parents. Her genuineness and empathetic personality helps build rapport which encourages candor and authenticity in the parent/doula partnership.

Simone embraces a holistic approach to support by nurturing the physical, mental and emotional well-being.  She prides herself on being reliable and remaining calm under pressure.  She is excited to maintain an emphasis on black and brown communities as she works to merge birth work with therapy for those affected by perinatal mood disorders.  Her passion for birth work was realized through the desire to dismantle systemic barriers in her community as well as through her experiences navigating parenthood as a young mother.  

In her down time, she loves to jet set to other parts of the world, explore cultures and try new foods with her daughter who she lovingly refers to as her ‘Travel Boo’. You can also find her on the beach, dancing at a concert or in her living room or researching the best new restaurant.

Sasha (she/they) is an Ancient Song Doula and Birth and Beyond trained Full Spectrum Doula and Childbirth Educator. She is also a Pregnancy and Infant Loss(PAIL) advocate and Bereavement doula. Her mission and beliefs are to support and provide her clients with non-judgmental, and compassionate support. She works solely on your behalf, holding a sacred space for you as you learn along this journey. She engages in birth work through a lens of love and  learning.  

Growing up in the diverse, and often under served, neighborhood of Jersey City allowed her to identify a need for advocacy for marginalized people. With a strong foundational belief in evidence based work and reproductive rights, she is dedicated to helping in reclaiming and rewriting narratives surrounding birth. Her goals are centered around bringing a great comfort to a time that can feel out of control. 

Sasha supports all people and centers marginalized groups, People of color, the LGBTQ+ community, teens, first time parents, single parents, plus size bodies and special needs gestations. Sasha is also a Reiki practitioner, writer, advocate, speaker and holds executive positions on multiple boards in her community. She believes doula work is her ancestral calling and looks forward to continuing to keep her communities physically, emotionally and spiritually protected. Outside of doula work, Sasha enjoys cooking for her loved ones, watching animal videos dancing around the house, and being Auntie Supreme to the children in her family.   

Stephanie is a birth and postpartum doula.  Her belief is that all families deserve birth education and support, not just during birth but also throughout pregnancy and in the postpartum period. She is passionate about supporting families through this life-altering experience. She also offers lactation support. She loves anything related to breastfeeding and as a breastfeeding mom herself , she is aware of the importance and necessity of support for a positive journey. She is 100% fluent in Spanish and proudly serving the Latino community among all other communities.  

Mijanou is a Mother of two, Birth & Postpartum Birth keeper, Artist, Photographer, and student  of life. Becoming a mother ignited a desire in her to connect and guide other mothers and  mothers to be on the birthing journey. She trained as a birth & postpartum doula with Debra Pascali-Bonaro, Founder of Orgasmic Birth. She channels her artistic spirit and supportive nature  in assisting women in pregnancy, birth and postpartum by embracing art, evidence based  information, movement and sound. She believes that birth is empowering, that the birthing journey is made up of perfect waves and a proper village can help navigate those waters. She is honored to apart of your village.  

 2019 was a turning point for Tasheea. After 12 years of building a career within the biopharmaceutical industry, she felt the strong calling to pursue an alternate, slightly undefined path. In the first 90 days, she started the journey toward obtaining certification as a full-spectrum doula and community herbalist.  A myriad of reasons fueled this decision - some based on personal experiences of reproductive challenges and loss; others based on a strong desire to see improvement in the pre-and post-natal care for women of color, but also a thirst to provide women and couples with the information and support needed to go through the beautiful journey of pregnancy and early stages of parenthood with confidence.