Not a little, a lot, about me-

If you’ve found yourself here, then I don’t want you to know a little about me. I want you to know as much about me as I can put into words. Your pregnancy and birth are such a sacred time. A time where you deserve to be tended to with the upmost care. This time is vulnerable, raw, suggestible, and open. The people that you surround yourself with in pregnancy, and especially in birth, can have a profound influence on your experience. I want you to find the most perfect birth team for you. I am not the birth servant for everyone. I have strong convictions and clear biases that I don’t apologize for. God has called me into this work, and I will only serve the women who He clearly leads me to serve. If I end up walking with you through this sacred time, it’s because He has planned it before this moment. He has called me to serve you, and that has been His plan before it was either of ours.

God is my king and my authority, and all that I do is based off of this truth.

I am the wife of a fireman. I met my husband at work in 2010, when we both worked as firemen/EMTs in Snohomish County. We were friends for 7 years, and in 2017 I caved and gave him a chance. At that time he had been living in Detroit for 3 months as it had always been his dream to work there. 2 months after telling him over the phone that I had decided to love him back, he flew home and purposed to me. 2 months after that we were married. We have two babies in heaven and three here on earth, one girl and two boys.

I teach CPR a few times a month, but consider myself a stay at home mom. I homeschool our kids, ages 7, 5, and 3; and we don’t follow any curriculum, opting for an un-school approach. We joined an outdoor co-op in January of 2026 and have enjoyed the opportunity to spend more time outside with our friends.

Before I had children, I always had at least two jobs at a time. I worked as a fireman/EMT for 10 years. If you’re wondering why I just referred to myself as a man, I choose to use the word fireman for myself out of respect, honor, and pride for the deep history and tradition of the fire service. I worked for 10 years at Snohomish County Fire District #19 as a fireman/ EMT, 2 years at Cascade Hospital as an emergency room technician, and 2 years as a paramedic (higher level of education and skills than an EMT) in Yakima county and Skagit county. I loved practicing medicine, and I definitely feel that God called me into that work and sanctified it. I know that the education, skills, and experiences that I gained through working in emergency medicine has and will continue to bless me through my work in birth. Emergency medicine and birth work are both unpredictable, exciting, intense, and require a high level of critical thinking and problem solving. They both require compassion, integrity, and a calm decisive commander in high stakes situations. My work as an EMT, paramedic, and ER tech. have given me an exceptional understanding of the hospital setting and the mainstream model of care. While it’s not the place I’d recommend for birth, I’m keenly aware of how the system functions and how to best support a family who might find themselves within that system unexpectedly.

While emergency medicine was deeply fulfilling to me, my dream has always been to be a wife and homeschool mom. Second to God, my family is my priority. It has been of utmost importance to me to give my children my best efforts. When I make parenting decisions I choose what most closely aligns with God’s original design, and what our ancestors did. People call me crunchy. I am a home birth momma, use cloth diapers, baby wear, co-sleep, exclusively breastfeed on demand, tandem breastfed, have never vaccinated my children, use natural remedies and avoid all pharmaceuticals, practice attachment parenting, make sourdough, ferment things, don’t drink tap water, and wear my tin foil hat proudly.

It was my own births that brought me into birth work. They are important pieces of my story and why I feel so passionately about how babies are born into this world. You can read my birth stories here.

I have training and experience from my work as a fireman/paramedic, as well as taking a doula course through Hypnobabies, and several other enrichment programs including a year long program called Hearthmother Journey, a biblically based training of walking with women in a holistic manner, rooted in the word of God. This work is holy and sacred to me and I’ve learned more through my own self study, experience, and walk with God than any one particular educational program. But the thing that qualifies me most to attend births, is that God has called me here. With great intention, I hold no certifications or licenses. God is my authority and I serve women and their families, never institutions who would require me to claim my loyalty to them over the families God has called me to serve. I am a handmaiden to The Lord, and to women and their families.

Some other random details just for fun- I’ve always been a tomboy. My parents wouldn’t allow me to play football, but they allowed me to wrestle. So I was on the wrestling team in 7th grade. I wasn’t any good, but I enjoyed it. I also did some recreational boxing as a teenager. I’ve concealed carried every day since I turned 21. I love the smell of malt vinegar. Nothing stresses me out more than a stubborn jar lid or a clogged toilet. My least favorite part of being a homemaker is making breakfast, lunch, and dinner every single day. I’m half Mexican and my maiden name is Rivera. I love spicy food. Being tickled makes me feel angry. I’m so easily spooked that even if I know someone is going to jump out at me, I’ll still jump. I’m convinced that my mother’s prayers are the only reason I’m alive and well. My special talent is coming up with reasons why I shouldn’t have to make dinner. I have an extra rib bone. God’s plans have always been better than my own. I am living all my greatest prayers.