I believe every woman deserves access to safe, respectful, high-quality maternity care. Yet around the world, too many families face barriers to the care they need—not because solutions don't exist, but because the systems meant to deliver them don't always work.

My career has been shaped by a simple question: How do we turn what we know about good maternity care into something every woman can actually access?

I'm a certified nurse-midwife, International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant, and global public health professional. Since becoming a registered nurse in 2007, I've worked across clinical practice, program development, organizational leadership, and international maternal health.

My path has taken me from nursing in Taiwan to founding a freestanding birth center in an underserved Kansas community, where I partnered with a nonprofit to help women access maternity care regardless of their ability to pay.

In Bangladesh, I led midwifery services at a humanitarian field hospital serving Rohingya refugees. Working across maternal health and other hospital services, I helped strengthen breastfeeding support, referral systems, clinical quality, and the safety of care in a resource-constrained setting.

I've also helped launch a midwifery program designed to address a healthcare desert, served on the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers, and contributed to international midwifery education and training in West Africa. Through independent work in Nigeria, I continue to support a midwife serving an internally displaced community by helping coordinate essential maternity equipment, medications, and mentorship.

Across these experiences, I've learned that improving maternal health takes more than clinical expertise. It takes thoughtful program design, strong teams, sustainable financing, community trust, and a willingness to learn from what isn't working.

My work brings together the things I care most about: excellent clinical care, practical problem-solving, stronger health systems, and a deep commitment to women and families who have historically been underserved.

Now based in the Chicago area, I'm building connections with people and organizations working to improve maternal health access, perinatal quality, and birth equity in Illinois. I'm especially interested in translating frontline experience into sustainable programs and systems-level improvements.

I remain convinced that where a woman lives, what she earns, or the circumstances into which she is born should never determine whether she receives safe, compassionate maternity care.

That's the work I want to keep doing.