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...is a mother, a wife, a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a midwife, a doula, a friend, and a mentor.  Empowered by her own very different births of her three children at home, Nicole is drawn to assisting families in birthing and parenting in awareness and to appreciating the sacred relationships throughout the childbearing years and beyond.  She has worked as a doula for many years and has benefited from the apprenticeship model of midwifery.

 

Nicole has a BA from UCSD and a degree in Holistic Midwifery.  She is a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) with the North American Registry of Midwives.  She has attended over 100 births.  Most of her time is spent surrounding birth and her own family.  She lives in the City Heights area of San Diego with her husband, David, and her three children Zachary, Amayi, and Nilaya.