Rebecca (she/her) is a practicing midwife and the owner and director of Roots Community Birth Center. She has a passion for building the Roots community and creating a safe space for all birthing families. She has been in practice as a midwife since 2011 and involved in professional birth work for over a decade. She loves providing nurturing grounding care. She and her husband have 3 children, 2 of whom were born at home. She loves horses, her dog and reading.Rebecca is  a principal for Kinfolk Consulting which aims to align consulting services for BIPOC health care practices. Rebecca also holds the position of Chief Operating Officer for Birth Center Equity. She has been a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Fellow and a Bush Foundation Fellow Alum.