Peace! 

My name is Cinnamon and I was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. I grew up as the middle child between two brothers and at the age of 13 I witnessed my younger brothers home water birth. That was the catalyst for my future endeavors in the birth world. After chasing dreams of traveling the world while figuring out my passions, spirit kept leading me back to birth work. I finally listened and began doula work at the age of 18 where I supported many family dynamics. I heavily worked through the “Joy in Birthing Foundation” which supported women in shelters and foster care. On this journey, I learned that not only was it passion that ignited my interest in women’s health but also stemmed from a long ancestral lineage of womb healing that ultimately began with me! I made it my mission to  create avenues for families in search of a team dedicated to increasing better birth outcomes. This required me to be thorough in cultural competency, have a more holistic perspective and ever growing medical skills for the best optimal family experience. When beginning birth work I grew to understand the severity of the health care industry for birthing people( especially of color). With that in mind,  through experience, I learned and witnessed the many possibilities of birth. I began to envision creating a future of community supported , consenting, trauma free, physiologic birth support. 

After a few years of doula work I took the leap to gain my midwifery licensure through the state of California. I applied to Nizhoni Institute of Midwifery in San Diego California. This is where I was accepted in 2018 and later apprenticed with various home birth midwives all over LA county while still offering doula support, placenta encapsulation and yoni steaming.  I was exposed  to a plethora of birth outcomes and settings throughout the years such as; Homebirth, birth center and hospital birth, water births, VBAC, HBAC, surprise breech, shoulder dystocia, hemorrhage, and poly-hydramnios to name a few… I attended over 60 births (not including doula births) during my schooling that set the tone for my skills, knowledge, experience and perspective as a midwife. I’ve worked with many modalities such as plant medicine, homeopathy, TCM and western medicine when indicated. I also gained skills in spinning babies, breech without borders, CPR, NRP, belly/womb massage, herbal yoni steaming, childbirth education  and placenta encapsulation. 

After graduating in December of 2021 I assisted local midwives to attune my skills during hiatus. Soon after, I was blessed with a baby boy, my first child, Zen. I experienced my very own life changing homebirth that aided in my perspective of birth all together. This experience gave me the confidence to move forward with my practice in a whole new light. Most of all, Zen’s birth influenced my empathy and vigor for rewriting the fear based culture surrounding birth. Now, as a mother and birth practitioner; I am  in full gratitude for all the families that allow me to support and bare witness to the immense ways we hold power as womb carriers.