My Journey to Midwifery

Many people ask about my journey to becoming a midwife and I am so excited to share my story.  Growing up I always had a desire to work in the medical field. My mom shares stories of me saying that I wanted to be a doctor since I was five. A pediatrician to be more specific. I wanted to work with children.

My family moved to Charlotte NC in 2017. After graduating high school in 2009, I enrolled at UNC Charlotte as a biology major and planned to continue to medical school. After failing two biology tests and not feeling like I made the right decision, I decided to reconsider my career path. I knew that I still wanted to work in the medical field, and I had a desire to build relationships with patients while caring for them. I wanted to be highly involved in the care of my patients. After praying and thinking about the purpose that I wanted to serve. I decided to change my major to Nursing.

Throughout nursing school, I had several clinical rotations. The time I spent on the Postpartum unit with mothers and babies was the most enjoyable for me. I decided that I wanted to focus on Women’s Health Care. My first job in this specialty was at Inova Alexandria Hospital. After two years as a postpartum nurse, I knew that my passion was Women’s Health. I decided to pursue my master’s degree at Georgetown University. 

Georgetown offered a dual degree as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner(WHNP) and a Midwife. The program seemed amazing. Honestly, I was just interested in the WHNP portion of the program and figured having the Midwifery portion would make me more marketable in the field. The moment I knew I wanted to be a midwife was at my first birth on May 5, 2018. To see a woman hold her baby for the first time is one of the most precious moments and I was so honored to be apart of her birth story. Women are so powerful and strong and birth is such a intricate process. 

I decided to become a Midwife because I wanted the ability to encourage and empower women. Every woman deserves to be treated like a goddess during their labor. There are not many minority midwives, so I wanted to help change this. I always say that I didn’t find Midwifery, it found me, and I am so grateful because it is truly my calling.