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BIPOC Providers

Why have a listing for BIPOC Providers?

The Oregon Midwifery Council is committed to promoting inclusivity and diversity within our community. We know that it is important for the families we serve to have an opportunity to find a care provider that best suits their preferences and needs. Additionally, we want to make an active point of promoting the birthworkers of color within our state. In an effort to make these connections and reach these goals,  OMC will be adding a listing page for BIPOC birth workers. Are you a birthworker who identifies as BIPOC? Do you know of someone who should be included on this list? We’re looking to include midwives (LDM’s, CNMs or NDs, hospital-based and/or community-based!), lactation consultants, doulas, and childbirth educators on this list. If you’d like to be included or know someone who may want to be listed, please send your (or their) info to our communications coordinator, Meredith: omccommunications@gmail.com or fill out this form. We won’t publish anyone’s name or information without permission, so if you suggest another birthworker, we’re happy to reach out to confirm their interest and contact information. Please let us know if you have any questions!

Looking for a midwife? Please see our listing of midwife members by region on our Find A Midwife page.

Providers

Portland Area

Ali Buchanan
Full Spectrum Doula / The Forty Day Doula
971-329-7438
thefortydaydoula@gmail.com
www.thefortydaydoula.com
13070 SW Ash Ave #8
Tigard, OR 97223

I am a first generation Puerto Rican transplant practicing birth work in the Portland area. I am a certified full spectrum doula and childbirth educator focusing on perinatal mood disorders, culturally-focused, and trauma-informed care. I am also the Operations Coordinator and Content Team Manager for Evidence Based Birth®. I offer virtual and in-person childbirth education classes in addition to birth and postpartum support services to families here and abroad!

Bearth Side Midwifery
Aliaja Allison
Bearthsidemidwifery.com
727-316-0295
Aliaja, a black-identifying licensed professional midwife and owner of Bearth Side Midwifery, is excited to bring her practice to Portland, Oregon. With a deep belief in the sacredness of birth, she emphasizes trust in the body, the strength of birthing individuals, individualized care, and the importance of a supportive environment for birth and postpartum. Inspired by her own transformative experiences with childbirth and the beauty of natural birth, Aliaja aims to rewrite the narrative around birth and provide compassionate you- centered midwifery care. Having worked in various birth settings, she is dedicated to providing respectful and supportive home birth services for families, celebrating each unique journey during this sacred transition. Services offered include home birth, water birth, prenatal and postnatal care, newborn care in the immediate postpartum period, placenta encapsulation services.
Emerald Mansfield ND Midwife
Phone: 503 252-8125
Text:  971-266-3062
2100 SW Camelot Ct, Portland OR 97225
Providing supportive, individualized care in our cozy birth center or in your home. We are a team of Naturopathic Physicians, including several BIPOC providers. It is our pleasure to serve your family as you grow as we also provide pediatric and primary care.
LaKota Scott (she/her)
971-361-4536
Ashiihi nishli. Todichiinii bashishchiin. Tlizilani ei dashicheii doo dashinali.

LaKota is Diné from White Mesa, Arizona. She is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor practicing in the Portland area with additional training in Integrative Pelvic Therapy and abdominal therapy. She offers virtual and in-person Inter-tribal childbirth education classes. In addition to doula services in-person and virtually.&

Marnellie Bishop (she/her)
Hānau Doula, LLC
Profession: Birth & Postpartum Doula, Childbirth Educator
Marnellie Bishop is a first generation Filipino-American supporting expectant people/families as a certified birth and postpartum doula and childbirth educator. Marnellie has taken additional training to become an Evidence Based Birth® Instructor, Hypnobabies® Hypno-Doula and Traditional Health Worker through the Oregon Health Authority. She also works as the Director of Finance & Operations for Community Doula Alliance, a Black Woman-led 501c3 nonprofit organization with the mission to build a more diverse and exceptional doula workforce and provide culturally and linguistically congruent care for families that receive Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid) benefits.

 

Puerta del Sol Midwifery
www.puertadelsolmidwifery.com
Rosemary Loperena, CPM, LDM, CLE, BSM
(971) 517-7958
La partera Rosemary Loperena fundó Puerta del Sol Midwifery con el gran deseo de que aquellas familias que quieran tener un parto en el hogar puedan sentirse respetadas y valoradas. Creemos en el cuidado individualizado, información basada en estudios donde te ayudará a poder tomar decisiones informadas. Mi meta como partera es que puedas tener un parto empoderado y sentirte preparada para el comienzo de una etapa nueva en tu vida. Otros servicios que ofrecemos son parto en agua, servicios de doula, encapsulación de placenta y clases de parto, posparto y lactancia. Estamos dentro de la red con Oregon Health Plan (OHP). ¡Contáctenos hoy para una consulta GRATIS!
Midwife Rosemary Loperena founded Puerta del Sol Midwifery with the great desire that those families who want to have a home birth can feel respected and valued. We believe in individualized care, providing research-based information that will help you make informed decisions. My goal as a midwife is that you can have an empowered delivery and feel prepared for the beginning of a new stage in your life. Other services we offer are water birth, doula services, placenta encapsulation, and childbirth, postpartum, and lactation classes. We are in network with Oregon Health Plan (OHP). Contact us today for a FREE consultation!

Willamette Valley

Meredith Mance, CPM, LDM, IBCLC
Wilder Midwifery
503-495-3266
www.wildermidwifery.com
contact@wildermidwifery.com

Meredith is a licensed midwife and lactation consultant offering warm and inclusive care in the Willamette Valley. As a Mexican-American who has lived in many parts of the country, Meredith has firsthand experience with the social and health issues her community faces. With offices in McMinnville and Salem, Wilder Midwifery offers care in both Spanish and English and accepts OHP, as well as private insurance.

Central Oregon

Fátima Castro Rodríguez (She/Her/Ella)
773-574-5094
fatimaslucecita@gmail.com
Fatimaslucecita.com

Fátima is a first-generation, queer daughter of Mexican parents. She was born and raised in Southside Chicago in a traditional Mexican household. Fast forward 26 years, she now resides on the ceded lands of the Northern Paiute, Wasco, and Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, also known as Central Oregon, where she has built beautiful and genuine relationships with many people in her community.  Fátima became passionate about birth keeping when she attended a close friend’s home birth, while still completing her doula training summer of 2021.

She second handedly experienced the great power, magic, and essentially the portals a mother/parent goes through when giving birth. While diving into her own ancestral healing, she also discovered that her great grandmother was a healer/birth keeper in her community as well. She took that not only as a sign from Spirit, but as guidance from her ancestors to help usher life into the New World. As a traditional birth keeper, Fátima offers herself as a companion during the rite of passage of birth and postpartum. Fátima’s values are rooted in community support, decolonizing birth through reproductive and social justice, reclamation of ancestral traditions and wisdom of her lineage [Mestiza], and the continual advocation and support for ALL historically oppressed humans in sustainable and nurturing healing and support.