Meet the heart behind The Cradle Collective
Discover the personal journey and passion that drives our commitment to supporting your family through every stage of motherhood. Learn about the doula dedicated to making you feel seen, steady, and supported.
My journey to becoming a doula
My journey to becoming a doula didn’t start in a classroom—it started in real life, in the middle of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum seasons that weren’t always supported the way I needed them to be.
I’m a mother of ten and the wife of a combat veteran, and I know what it feels like to walk through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum while carrying a lot on your own. I know what it’s like to be doing your best, but still wishing someone was right there with you—helping you make sense of it all and reminding you that you’re not alone.
I’ve also walked through high-risk pregnancies and premature birth. I’ve had five premature babies, and four of them spent time in the NICU. I know that feeling of leaving the hospital without your baby, of splitting your heart between home and the NICU, and trying to hold yourself together through recovery, exhaustion, and fear all at once.
And if you’ve lived that too, you already know—it changes you.
Those experiences made me understand something deeply: motherhood can feel incredibly isolating when support is missing, especially in high-risk pregnancies, NICU journeys, and postpartum recovery. But I also saw how everything can feel just a little more steady when a mother is supported—really supported—emotionally, practically, and consistently.
Someone who explains things.
Someone who sits with you in the hard parts.
Someone who reminds you that you’re doing better than you think.
That realization is what led me here.
I became a doula because I never want a mother to feel like she has to carry it all alone when she was never meant to.
My unique approach to doula support
My support is rooted in both lived experience and specialized training that allows me to walk closely with mothers through every stage of pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and loss.
I understand what it feels like to live in the unknown—when your baby is in the NICU, when recovery is harder than expected, and when you are trying to hold everything together with limited support. I don’t just understand this in theory—I’ve lived it.
Alongside my lived experience, I bring professional training and certification in Psychological First Aid, Psychological Recovery, and Adoption, Birth, and Bereavement Care through Stillbirthday. These trauma-informed certifications allow me to support mothers through crisis moments, emotional overwhelm, and deeply sensitive seasons such as NICU stays, pregnancy loss, and adoption journeys.
I am also a Texas Medicaid Doula Case Manager, providing state-approved doula support to eligible mothers across Texas through pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. This means I can help you navigate both the emotional experience of motherhood and the practical realities of the healthcare system, including Medicaid-covered doula care.
Together, this combination of lived experience and professional training allows me to offer support that is both grounded and compassionate. I help mothers feel more steady in the chaos, more supported in decision-making, and less alone in the moments that feel overwhelming.
My goal is simple: to make sure no mother feels like she is carrying her journey by herself.
Mothers I especially love walking with..
I especially love walking with mothers who feel like they are carrying more than they were ever meant to carry alone.
The ones navigating high-risk pregnancy, premature birth, or NICU stays—where joy and fear live side by side, and every update matters more than words can explain. I’ve been there, and I know what it feels like to love your baby fiercely while also living in uncertainty.
I also walk closely with mothers moving through postpartum recovery, emotional overwhelm, or seasons where support just hasn’t been steady or consistent. The kind of seasons where you’re “okay”… but also not really okay, and you’re doing your best while holding it all together.
My heart is deeply tender toward mothers walking through loss, adoption journeys, and complicated beginnings. These are sacred stories. They deserve gentleness, presence, and someone who won’t rush the grief, the waiting, or the becoming.
I also support mothers who are navigating Medicaid-covered doula care in Texas and need someone who understands both the medical system and the emotional reality of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum life. I help bridge that gap so you don’t feel lost in it.
What I want most is for every mother I work with to feel seen, steady, and supported—not just medically, but as a whole person.
To feel like:
- “I’m not doing this alone anymore.”
- “Someone finally gets what I’m going through.”
- “I can breathe a little again.”
Because support during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum shouldn’t feel cold or clinical—it should feel like someone is truly walking with you.
"To make sure no mother feels unseen, unsupported, or alone—no matter how her story unfolds."
A doula is not here to replace your medical care, but to walk alongside it—offering steady, compassionate support when everything feels unfamiliar.
That can look like helping you understand what’s happening, reminding you of your options, supporting your voice, and staying present through both the calm and the chaos.
My encouragement is simple: choose support before you think you “need” it. Because peace often comes from knowing in advance that you won’t be navigating it alone.
And no matter how your story unfolds—planned, unexpected, joyful, or complex—you deserve care that is steady, informed, and human every step of the way.