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I help start conversations people didn’t know they needed or didn’t know how to begin.
Bias Isn’t Always Obvious
Bias doesn’t always show up as something loud or intentional. More often, it lives in the quiet moments—what we assume, what we don’t question, and what we move past too quickly.
It can look like a missed follow-up, a rushed explanation, or a decision made before fully listening. It can sound like reassurance instead of investigation, or silence when something doesn’t feel right.
These moments don’t always feel significant in real time. But over time, they shape experiences, outcomes, and trust.
Awareness begins by noticing the small things—
the pauses, the patterns, and the moments we might otherwise overlook.
30-Day Reset Experience
This is not just “bias training.”
This is a 30-day behavior transformation rooted in lived experience, reflection, and accountability.
“Awareness is not enough.
Change requires intention, reflection, and action, every single day.”
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Transitions A Midwife's Pregnancy Journal
It is a comprehensive, interactive guide to prenatal education from a midwife’s perspective.
This book is designed to support expectant mothers, partners, and birth support teams, making pregnancy education accessible, engaging, and empowering. With a focus on equity, diversity, and community, it provides essential knowledge, self-care checklists, and affirmations to guide families through this transformative journey.
Transitions 4th Trimester Journal ... Transforming
The goal of this book is to support, instruct and encourage new mothers about self-care, and self-acceptance during their postpartum journey. The journal gently stresses the importance of reaching out and asking for help.
Early recognition of danger signs saves lives and reinforcement of self-care education as a quick reference can prevent serious complications.
As maternal healthcare professionals, we promised to do no harm.
Implicit Bias causes harm, and a sense of disconnect with our clients.
Be brave and A.C.T. how??
Acknowledge, Commit and Teach others to do the same.
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On behalf of the general membership and Board of Directors of the New York State Perinatal Association (NYSPA), we thank you for your participation in our annual conference. Your presentation "Demystifying Bias: Understanding Its Impact on the Delivery of Maternal Healthcare" attracted a lot of interest and was rated highly. 88% of the attendees felt the presentation was excellent. We look forward to working with you again in the future.
S. Chesna, Executive Director at Mother's & Babies Perinatal Network of SCNY, Inc
I read your article entitled “A mother’s love... what you need to know about Maternal Health care in "The Color of Wellness” magazine. Love that you strategically pinpointed the problems and made it so that it is overwhelmingly available for everyone to see as fact. I love the solutions you offer as most of the time, we hear there’s an issue, but no comprehensive solutions. Black and brown folks appreciate being heard 🔊. Thank you, have a beautiful day.
Caricella Johnson
It’s valuable how Dr. J shared that technology doesn’t solve everything. For example, fetal heart tracings aren’t even utilized in many countries whose mortality rate is lower than in the U.S. She offered evidence-based information to back up her recommendations. The information that I felt was key was how she highlighted how racism, not any inherent racial physical differences are what affects maternal morbidity and mortality.
L. Townsend.
3rd Year Medical Student
