Registered Nurse with > 30 years experience.
Bachelor's degree in Nursing
Multi-State Compact state RN licensure (Resident state - Texas)
California Nursing License
Certified Nutrition Coach (NASM-CNC)
Certified Health Coach (CHCI-CHC)
Certified Birth Doula (Madriella-MCD)
Certified Postpartum Doula (Madriella-MCOD)
Certified Loss and Bereavement Doula (Madriella-MLBD)
Certified Placenta Specialist (Madriella-MPS)
Certified Breastfeeding Educator (Madriella-MBE)
Certified Childbirth Educator (Madriella-MCE)
Board Certified Master Mental Health Coach (IBCC-BCMMHC)
(Master of Arts in Christian Counseling (in progress)
Current CPR-BLS Provider with AED (AHA); NRP (AHA, AAP); and S.T.A.B.L.E Certification
Food Handler Certificate (California and Texas) with experience in allergy free/gluten free diets
Stop the Bleed Instructor
Mobile Notary (Texas)
Bachelor's degree in Nursing
Multi-State Compact state RN licensure (Resident state - Texas)
California Nursing License
Certified Nutrition Coach (NASM-CNC)
Certified Health Coach (CHCI-CHC)
Certified Birth Doula (Madriella-MCD)
Certified Postpartum Doula (Madriella-MCOD)
Certified Loss and Bereavement Doula (Madriella-MLBD)
Certified Placenta Specialist (Madriella-MPS)
Certified Breastfeeding Educator (Madriella-MBE)
Certified Childbirth Educator (Madriella-MCE)
Board Certified Master Mental Health Coach (IBCC-BCMMHC)
(Master of Arts in Christian Counseling (in progress)
Current CPR-BLS Provider with AED (AHA); NRP (AHA, AAP); and S.T.A.B.L.E Certification
Food Handler Certificate (California and Texas) with experience in allergy free/gluten free diets
Stop the Bleed Instructor
Mobile Notary (Texas)
I grew up in Peru, South America where my parents were missionaries. We lived in a small village on the Itaya River. The only way to get to our village during that time, was by boat. It wasn’t unusual for people who lived upriver to travel the Amazon tributary by canoe to our home, to try to get help from my father. My father knew basic first aid and owned a speed boat that could aid people in getting to the remote clinic in a nearby port city faster than by canoe.
My Mom tells me it wasn’t unusual for me to always befriend the new moms in our village. I was concerned for them and the health of their babies. My parents tried to help with various efforts to help the village women know how to better care for their babies. In a time where these women were given formula to feed babies from various health or aid organizations, but not properly educated about how to prepare it, many babies died of cholera due to formula prepared with unsafe drinking water often from the river. This was so sad. Many were convinced that formula was surely better than breastfeeding since it was from America and would somehow be better nutritionally. There were no breastfeeding educators or lactation consultants there in the jungle. I remember early on, feeling a concern for these Moms and their babies. I saw their struggles as they attempted to meet the needs of their household in thatch-roofed village huts with split palm floors without glass windows or screens to keep out the malaria-bearing mosquitos and without electricity, running water, or indoor plumbing. I saw them work their gardens to have food to eat. I saw them gather water, bathe, and wash clothes in the river. I heard their concerns voiced to my parents any time a child was ill, not gaining weight, or injured. I loved this community of people and wanted to return to help them.
Later as a teenager, when my parents moved to minister in Texas/Mexico, I gravitated toward babysitting jobs. I eventually worked as a nanny and home health aid. I then applied to nursing school at a Christian college with a program for nurses preparing for medical missions. I had all the intention to go back to the Amazon jungle of Peru. I met my husband one a mission’s trip back to Peru. I was a little sad when returning to Peru wasn’t how our path led after college and marriage. I became involved in community health/faith community nursing, raising our own children, homeschooling them through college, volunteering with teens in youth ministry, and helping ladies in the churches where my husband pastored. I am currently finishing up my Master's in Christian Counseling.
My Mom tells me it wasn’t unusual for me to always befriend the new moms in our village. I was concerned for them and the health of their babies. My parents tried to help with various efforts to help the village women know how to better care for their babies. In a time where these women were given formula to feed babies from various health or aid organizations, but not properly educated about how to prepare it, many babies died of cholera due to formula prepared with unsafe drinking water often from the river. This was so sad. Many were convinced that formula was surely better than breastfeeding since it was from America and would somehow be better nutritionally. There were no breastfeeding educators or lactation consultants there in the jungle. I remember early on, feeling a concern for these Moms and their babies. I saw their struggles as they attempted to meet the needs of their household in thatch-roofed village huts with split palm floors without glass windows or screens to keep out the malaria-bearing mosquitos and without electricity, running water, or indoor plumbing. I saw them work their gardens to have food to eat. I saw them gather water, bathe, and wash clothes in the river. I heard their concerns voiced to my parents any time a child was ill, not gaining weight, or injured. I loved this community of people and wanted to return to help them.
Later as a teenager, when my parents moved to minister in Texas/Mexico, I gravitated toward babysitting jobs. I eventually worked as a nanny and home health aid. I then applied to nursing school at a Christian college with a program for nurses preparing for medical missions. I had all the intention to go back to the Amazon jungle of Peru. I met my husband one a mission’s trip back to Peru. I was a little sad when returning to Peru wasn’t how our path led after college and marriage. I became involved in community health/faith community nursing, raising our own children, homeschooling them through college, volunteering with teens in youth ministry, and helping ladies in the churches where my husband pastored. I am currently finishing up my Master's in Christian Counseling.
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I coordinate and take part in various local and international medical missions opportunities.
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please make your tax deductible donation using any of the links below and note in the memo that it is for Medical Missions.
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