About me and my
journey as Doula
I was born in Mexico, in a region with strong indigenous culture called "Huasteca". There I grew up leaning from my mother and grandmother to understand health and sickness from the Traditional Mexican Medicine perspective.
My grandmother used to heal us with her hands, herbs, songs and using local practices she was taught from generation to generation. My mother is a retired psychologist now dedicated to produce herbal remedies.
I grew up being healed this way and watching others being healed like this. I use many of these practices to heal my self, my family and others.
Growing up in a culturally rich region, I was keen and open to understand the world from a culturally diverse awareness. I decided to study Social Anthropology and dedicated my academic research to understand culturally hybrid (indigenous and post-colonial) agricultural techniques and rituals.
Over the years I also studied Aromatherapy and hot stones massage technique. I have used these for my own personal use, and I have use them regularly too on family and friends for almost 20 years.
In Mexico, I worked in arts site management and in the environmental charity sector. For many years, I worked as an ecotourism community led project co-ordinator. I used to design trekking routes, traditional food menus and riding horses as part of my job! .. (among many other things)
In 2013 I studied one of the best Masters Programmes in Mexico (I like to say). I personally translate the name into something like "decolonial social studies". I wrote my thesis about collective action and community-led forest conservation.
In 2015 I was living in London and became a mother. I was quite impressed about this powerful event in a birthing person's life. And I realised how important it is to have someone by your side in order to have an empowering yet humbling positive birthing experience.
In 2017 I met Thando Zwane at a west-african dance class (Wuntanara). I was very curious about what she did as a Doula and she pointed me in the right direction. That year I trained with Liliana Lammers (Paramana Doula) and Michel Odent.
In 2019 trained with Kate Woods (Conscious Birthing, Doulas Without Borders), and in 2026 I re-trained again with Abuela Doulas. Since 2020 I've also been learning virtually from Naoli Vinaver through her platform Art of Birth.
Side by side, while preparing myself to become a Doula, gaining experience and the ropes of this business. I have also worked in the women's charity sector in London. I have worked for organisations such as Latin American Women's Rights Service (LAWRS), Refuge, at Women's Health and Family Services (now Sister Circle) co-ordinating the Maternity Mates programme in Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest, and at Birth Companions, initially as the Community Services Manager for London and the South East England, and later as Volunteering Manager, developing their volunteers recruitment and training strategy.
I became a full time birth and postpartum doula at the beginning of 2026, and since I've also been training other doulas in Decolonising Menstruation, Postpartum Closing (closing of the bones) Ceremonies, Rebozo biomechanics, and Traditional Postpartum doula training. Collaborating with Red Tent Doulas and Abuela Doulas.
In 2025 I co-founded the Latin American Migrant Maternity Network. A collective of mothers, activists and professionals in maternity, reproductive health and parenting looking into visualising our communities disadvantages and barriers in accessing dignified maternity care.
In 2026 I also became a Maternity Ambassador for City of Santuary.
I've trained with Birthrights, Maternity Action and Molly O'brien (Biomechanics for birth).
I have paediatric first aid training, DBS check, and I am fully insured.
