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I serve the San Francisco Bay Area as a birth doula or birth witness and virtually as a Fertility Awareness Educator and emerging hormone coach and womb medicine practitioner, offering support rooted in the teachings of the Catholic Church on the dignity of the human person and rooted in being unapologetically pro-life.

For nearly a decade, I have been a frontline pro-life activist. For 3 years living in San Francisco—a city where witnessing to the Gospel of Life requires courage, clarity, and perseverance—working as the Executive Director of Pro-Life San Francisco (PLSF). Through PLSF, cofounding Pro-Life Global, and other national and local advocacy efforts, I have worked to expose grave injustices like fetal organ harvesting, resist dehumanizing narratives about women and children, and build practical, life-affirming support for families. Through my podcast, Open to Life, I elevate conversations at the intersection of preborn justice, the reproductive continuum, and motherhood.

As a wife and mother who has walked through my own birth, breastfeeding, and postpartum struggles, I carry a desire to support moms in achieving their birth dreams and supporting them in the transition from maiden to mother. My experiences have strengthened my belief that women deserve the gold standard of care when it comes to our bodies and our babies.

I am trained as a birth doula through Natural Resources SF. I have completed year 1 of my 2 year Womb Medicine Practitioner Training, am working towards my certification to teach the FEMM (Fertility Education and Medical Management) method of fertility awareness and Natural Family Planning, and will be starting an apprenticeship through the School of the Sacred Wild to learn herbs. In 2027, I hope to begin the FIAT Institute’s Hormone Coach certification and advanced body literacy educator training through Fertility Knowledge Collective. I also plan to pursue continuing birth worker education through Pain Free Birth, Wombs of the World, Free Birth Society, and Hearthmother Ministries.

Whether you are the single girl wanting to learn to chart her cycle for health, or a couple wanting to learn fertility awareness for Natural Family Planning, or a couple who is wanting to have support at their birth, I enjoy working with women at these different seasons of their reproductive life.

Testimonials...

“I would recommend your services because you are professional and Catholic and have a generous personality.”
Tara Gariano

“Me ayudó a estar más tranquila durante el proceso del parto. Cuando rezamos el rosario, los preparativos de Melanie en el cuarto y con la aromatización de la habitación. Me sentí acompañada en todo momento… [ella es] una gran compañera.”
Susana

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