Not a little, a lot—about me
CHOOSING A BIRTH TEAM
If you’ve found yourself here, I don’t want you to know just a little about me. I want you to know as much about me as I can put into words.
Your pregnancy and birth are sacred. This is a time when you deserve to be tended to with the utmost care—a time that is vulnerable, raw, suggestible, and open. The people you surround yourself with during pregnancy, and especially during birth, can have a profound influence on your experience. I want you to find the absolute best birth team for you.
FAITH AND CALLING
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 He clearly leads me to. If I end up walking with you through this sacred season, it’s because He planned it long before this moment. He has called me to serve you, and that has been His plan all along.
God is my King and my authority, and everything I do stems from this truth.
FAMILY LIFE
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 seven years, and in 2017, I caved and gave him a chance. At the time, he had been living in Detroit for three months, pursuing his lifelong dream to work there. Two months after telling him over the phone that I had decided to love him back, he flew home and proposed. Two 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 I consider myself primarily a stay-at-home mom. I homeschool our kids—ages 7, 5, and 3—without a set curriculum, choosing an unschooling approach instead. We joined an outdoor co-op in January 2026 and have loved spending more time outside with our community.
FIRE SERVICE, EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND SERVING
Before having children, I always worked at least two jobs at a time. I served as a fireman/EMT for 10 years. (If you’re wondering why I refer to myself as a man, I choose to use the word fireman out of respect, honor, and pride for the deep history and tradition of the fire service.) I spent 10 years at Snohomish County Fire District #19 as a fireman/EMT, two years at Cascade Hospital as an emergency room technician, and two years as a paramedic—a higher level of education and medical care—in Yakima and Skagit counties. I loved practicing medicine and truly feel God called me into that work and sanctified it.
The education, skills, and experience I gained in emergency medicine continue to bless my birth work. Both emergency medicine and birth work are unpredictable, intense, and deeply rewarding, requiring sharp critical thinking and real-time problem-solving. Both demand compassion, integrity, and a calm, decisive leader in high-stakes situations. My background as an EMT, paramedic, and ER tech gives me an exceptional understanding of the hospital setting and the mainstream model of care. While it isn’t where I recommend giving birth, I am keenly aware of how the system functions and how to best support a family who might unexpectedly find themselves within it.
MOTHERHOOD AND LIFESTYLE
While emergency medicine was deeply fulfilling, my ultimate dream has always been to be a wife and a homeschooling mother. Second only to God, my family is my priority, and giving my children my absolute best efforts is paramount. When making parenting decisions, I choose what most closely aligns with God’s original design and ancestral wisdom. People call me “crunchy.” I am a home-birth mama, use cloth diapers, babywear, co-sleep, exclusively breastfeed on demand, have tandem breastfed, have never vaccinated my children, use natural remedies while avoiding pharmaceuticals, practice attachment parenting, bake sourdough, ferment foods, filter our water, and wear my tinfoil hat proudly.
TRAINING AND CREDENTIALS
My background includes my training as a fireman/paramedic, a doula course through Hypnobabies, and several enrichment programs, including Hearthmother Journey—a year-long, biblically based program focused on holistically walking alongside women according to the Word of God. This work is holy to me, and I have learned far more through my own self-study, lived experience, and walk with God than from any single educational program.
Ultimately, what qualifies me most to attend births is that God called me here. With great intention, I hold no state certifications or licenses. God is my authority; I serve women and their families, never institutions that would require me to pledge 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.
MY OWN BIRTHS
My own births brought me into this calling. They are crucial pieces of my story and the reason I feel so passionately about how babies are brought into this world. You can read my birth stories here.
A few other random details
I’ve always been a tomboy at heart. My parents wouldn’t allow me to play football, but they let me wrestle, so I was on the wrestling team in 7th grade—I wasn’t any good, but I loved it. I also did some recreational boxing as a teenager. I’ve concealed carried every single day since turning 21. I love the smell of malt vinegar, and nothing stresses me out more than a stubborn jar lid or a clogged toilet. Being tickled makes me furious, and I’m so easily spooked that even if I know you’re about to jump out at me, I’ll still jump. My least favorite part of being a homemaker is figuring out breakfast, lunch, and dinner every single day; my special talent is coming up with reasons why I shouldn’t have to make dinner. I’m half-Mexican (my maiden name is Rivera), I love spicy food, and I keep Torah, including observing the Sabbath on Saturdays, eating kosher, and observing God’s appointed times. I have an extra rib bone, and I’m convinced my mother’s prayers are the only reason I’m alive and well today.