Our Team
Regina M. Conceição, Founder
Regina’s passion is rooted in the women’s studies movement – A woman’s strength is staunch, resolute, and purposeful. Her unwavering fervor for life is exuberantly demonstrated in her work guided by this women’s studies conviction. Inclusive, Regina is an avid advocate of midwifery and the integrative approach promoted by the midwifery model of care.
Berenice Kernizan
Berenice Kernizan is a full spectrum doula (Ancient Song), certified lactation counselor, and childbirth educator in training (CEA/MNY). Born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She has attended over thirty hospital, and home births.
Simone Colbert
Simone Colbert is a true community lover. She works full-time with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene as a Neighborhood Health Promoter and when she’s not promoting health in the community she is a Birth & Postpartum Doula to expecting families in Brooklyn.
Puri Carval
Puri Carval is an active birth Doula, Certified Lactation Counselor, Certified Infant Massage Teacher and Child Specialist serving families in NYC for more than 5 years. She is a part of the doula team of the Early Head Start Perinatal Support program at Columbia University where she provides childbirth education, doula service and teaches infant and toddler groups.
Tia Dowling-Ketant
Tia Dowling-Ketant's life has centered around the service industry for 20+ years. She has served the developmentally disabled, domestic violence victims, and disadvantaged youth. However, she came to find that doula work is the home she had been searching for.
Makeda Dawson- Davis
Makeda Dawson- Davis is both an Ancient Song Doula Services (ASDS) and Doula Trainings International (DTI) trained and certified Birth and Post-Partum Doula. Makeda is a certified lactation counselor supporting expectant and new families throughout communities in Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan since 2014.
Rev. Maritday Rodriguez
Rev. Maritday Rodriguez aka Ama’ritday. Sharing what I love, helping people get informed is what I live to do. There is so much to learn, love, see taste and do. I want to be the torch that lights your fire within, Life starts with your spirit, your relationships, your job, your exercise I call this Primary Food and the food you eat is your secondary food