Our Community

• BA Modern Languages and Literatures, with a Minor in Sexuality focused on Human Rights (2001 UPRRP, DECEP and AIPR PR)

• MA in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Curriculum Development Minor (2009 WGSS, UIPR)

• Stop Violence Against Women Campaign Coordinator MA Internship. (2007-09) and Gender Based Violence Prevention Committee Coordinator, Promoted Post Internship (2009-12) Amnistía Internacional, Puerto Rico

• Traditional Midwifery (Direct Entry Midwifery, DEM) with Escuela Dar a Luz (2009-12 PR), the former Hermandad de Parteras de P.R.’s midwifery school (currently Asociación de Parteras de PR), as well as with Midwest Maternal Child Institute (2014-15 WI).

• Train in herbology since 1978 with diversity of ancestral popular spaces, to organizations. Certified Herbal Medicine for Women (2024) and finishing our preparation as Women's Functional & Integrative Medicine Credentials with Aviva Romm (2026).

• Certified Birth Worker by Doula Caribe (2008 P.R.)

• Maternal and Child Community Health Educator, by Red Relahacupan (2010, Argentina)

• Perinatal and Breast/chestfeeding Educator by Midwest Maternal Child Institute, MMCI (2013 WI).

• Certified in CPR and NRP (updated every 2 years)

• Reiki Energy Healer I with Boriken Reiki, Reiki Master Edwin Rodriguez-Rivera (2010, P.R.).

• Trained and certified in Community Trauma Support (TRACC Healer Movement member 2019)

• Trained in Somatic Sexual Education-Coaching (Institute for the Study of Somatic Sex Education ISSSE 2019). Currently doing classes towards certification on Sexological Bodyworker with IPSA (International Professional Surrogates Association)

• Art of Leadership for Women and Femmes of Color at Rockwood Leadership Institute (2023)

• Trained in Intimacy Embodied techniques with The Embody Lab and Thanatology, currently finishing my Thanatology Certification with Instituto Mexicano de Tanatología (2025).

• Youth development inclusion and diversity education and activities, community training, women's health specialist and Midwife Assistant at Peace Corps Morocco 2003-05

• Proud Satigüadora (Healer) and Yerbetera (a person that works with herbs) since the days grandma Doña Niña said so as my first mentor.

• Community Health Educator (since 2000, P.R.) with various youth centered projects like Sor Isolina Ferré (Caimito) where I utilized photography as channel to health and self esteem topics.

• End of Life Doula since early ages assisting my mom in the community that raised me.

• Midwife Assistant for mentor Midwife Aicha (2003-05, Morocco)

• Community Health Educator and program coordination with Taller Salud, Inc (Loíza, PR 2006-13). Worked initiatives in local high schools and public housing, and created new programs around Masculinities and Grandmothers rising for the second time, including a community garden.

• Full spectrum birth worker (Since 2008, P.R.). Doing abortion support since before it was a thing :)

• Ob/Gyne and midwife assistant. Ob/Gyne Dr Velez (2009-10, P.R.)

• Student to apprentice midwife with local midwives through my studies with Asociación de Parteras de Puerto Rico. (2009-13, P.R.)

• Popular Health Clinics Program Coordinator and Facilitation for immigrant communities in Albany Park, Chicago, Mexico Solidarity Network, Chicago (2013-14)

• Prenatal and Women's Health Popular Clinics with Universidad Popular, Little Village, Chicago (2014-16)

• Direct-entry midwife (DEM)/2nd midwife in IL and WI with diverse midwives and community projects (2013-17)

• All pregnancy outcomes and experiences companion: reproductive loss, birth and postpartum, adoption and fertility/conception loss support, menopause and gender doula (2011 to present in the same locations)

• Co-creation of Chicago Birth Workers of Color (ChiBiWoCo) in 2015, aiming to bring collective support to communities of color in Chicagoland with a fierce group of BIPOC birth workers.

• Member of RSMLAC since 2007 (Red de Salud Mujeres Latinoamericanas y del Caribe).

• Directing comprehensive reproductive and abortion health clinic services at North Shore Health Center (FemHealthUSA/carafem 2018-2023).

• Directing Operations at Chicago Women’s Health Center clinical programs that include Gender Affirming Therapy, Alternative Insemination, and Gyne care clinic services. (2023-24)

• Providing Gyne Clinical Health Services as a specialist and health worker (11 years in Chicago Women’s Health Center), and natural gyne care through my private practice.

• Providing Alternative Insemination (AI) care and Fertility Awareness/TTC education and consultations as an AI specialist and health worker (2015-23 Chicago Women’s Health Center), and at home inseminations in my private practice home-based, or Skokie location.

After my needed break, trying to consciously slower my pace while immersing back into our communities....

• Private practice at Evanston. Somatic bodywork specialist (level 1) and energy healing (Reiki), focused on sexual traumas and dysfunctions around pregnancy and trauma experiences and outcomes. Focus on Loss/Grief support within Thanatology principles.

• Integrating our extensive ancestral and trained herbal and wellness education to our care, while finishing our preparation as Herbal Medicine for Women and Women's Functional & Integrative Medicine Credentials with Aviva Romm.

• Personalized sacred loss/grief midwifery care at home for those needing support experiencing loss at perinatal, fertility, or abortion.

• Women’s Health, FamilyPlanning, and Maternal-Child Health Specialist at the Ob/Gyne Midwives program, School Based Health Centers, refugees and asylum seekers shelters, and low income, uninsured and underserved communities utilizing a community health worker model at Alivio Medical Center in South Chicago.

• Collaborating with local organizations and supporting other Doulas expansive training on “Other Outcomes and Experiences, as well as training Culturally Centered-Spanish speaking doulas.

• Bringing harm-reduction, body-positive, queer-inclusive, and gender-expansive Sex Ed at Latinx communities (Spanish), at refugees’ communities around Chicago (Spanish and French) with the Outreach and Education Program (since 2013 with Chicago Women’s Health Center). Also, Training All Pregnancy Experiences and Outcomes Community Companions.

• Coordinating care and education initiatives at our Cabaña Montuna for our communities any time we are home in Puerto Rico, and now soon our Casa Montuna in Illinois.

• Planning our transition back to Puerto Rico!