“A midwife should have a lady’s hands,
a hawk’s eyes and a lion’s heart.” - Aristotle
Our team
LICENSED MIDWIFE, CRANIOSACRAL THERAPIST, CLINICAL HERBALIST, FOUNDER (SHE/ HER)
Christian Toscano, LM, CPM, CST
Since 2010 she has attended hundreds of births at home, birth center and hospital; many of which were VBACs and water births. She graduated from Birthwise Midwifery School, a MEAC accredited 3-year program and trained at a reproductive health clinic providing abortion services, gynecology, pregnancy support and fertility counseling. She is trained in Spinning Babies, optimal fetal positioning and body balancing techniques. She studied at the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine and assisted the clinical herbalist director at a free community health clinic. She is certified in Craniosacral therapy from the Life Energy Institute and Upledger Institute. She is currently getting her masters in Traditional Chinese Medicine to become a licensed acupuncturist.
PHILOSOPHY
I am guided by my connection to the divine spirit. I believe health is coming back to one’s innate intelligence. Everyone inherently has the ability to be guided by their inner wisdom. My goal is to strengthen your ability to listen so you can flourish through self-empowerment and spiritual alignment. I provide tools for connecting to your inner wisdom, radical self care, body sovereignty, and pleasure-centered care. I believe healing ourselves is a radical act for our communities and genetic lineages. I am an excellent experienced clinician, utilizing medical intervention when necessary, while respecting the healing process as a normal physiologic life event. I promote people to operate from their power, demystify healthcare and reconnect to their ancient wisdom.
LICENSED MIDWIFE (SHE/ HER)
JANELL MOORE, LM, CPM
She holds a Masters in Public Health (MPH) and has worked in sexual and reproductive health and advocacy for over 15 years. Prior to midwifery training, Janell was a medical assistant in free and low-cost community clinics in San Francisco and Los Angeles where she provided family planning and reproductive health counseling. After earning her masters, Janell dedicated her career to working in HIV research and prevention, specifically among BIPOC and LGBTQI communities. She worked with HIV-positive pregnant and lactating people in Uganda and the DR Congo as well as coordinated HIV research projects in Cambodia and the US. She trained as a doula in 2017 and in 2019 graduated from the MEAC-accredited midwifery program at Maternidad La Luz in El Paso, Texas. She has attended over 100 births between home birth and birth center practice. She is fluent in Spanish and holds current certification in Neonatal Resuscitation. She practices midwifery with care, competency and professionalism and takes pride in ushering in new life safely and with compassion.
PHILOSOPHY
I believe that people should birth, first and foremost, where they feel safe and cared for. I regard birth as a sacred and monumental event that typically requires little to no intervention. I provide families with evidence-based, culturally competent information so that they can make informed decisions for their health and wellbeing from a place of knowledge rather than fear or mis-education. I believe in and practice the midwifery model of care which centers the physical and emotional needs of the birthing person and allows for the normal physiological process of birth to unfold.