My Credentials & Why They Matter
I'm a registered nurse (RN, BSN) who once dreamed of becoming a certified nurse midwife. I thought my nursing education had prepared me for everything maternal healthcare could bring—until I became the patient fighting for my life.
This dual perspective as both healthcare professional and birth trauma survivor gives me a rare viewpoint: I understand the system from the inside while having lived its failures firsthand.
My nursing background helps me translate complex medical information and advocate within healthcare systems, while my personal experience ensures I never lose sight of the human cost when that system falls short.
From Experience
to Advocacy
Why I'm
Writing Vertigo
After surviving placenta
accreta and watching my family navigate the hidden aftermath—including my husband's descent into addiction as he processed his own trauma—I realized our story reflected a much larger problem.
The memoir explores what happens when the medical emergency is over but the
healing has barely begun.
It's about the partners whose trauma goes unrecognized,
the families fractured by inadequate support, and the resilience that emerges when
we finally address these overlooked realities.
Vertigo isn't just my story—it's
a lens into America's maternal health crisis and a call for the comprehensive support
families desperately need.
Beyond Instagram:
The Bigger Picture
While Instagram allows me
to share moments and insights, my broader mission requires deeper work: transforming how we understand and support
birth trauma recovery for
entire family systems.
Through Vertigo,
this platform, and future advocacy work, I'm working to:
Illuminate the partner experience in birth trauma
Challenge healthcare systems to provide long-term support
Create resources for the recovery journey that extends far beyond hospital discharge
Build community for
those navigating this
often-isolated experience
When I'm Not
Writing or Advocating
I'm a devoted mother of four
who believes healing and
joy can coexist. You'll often
find me at the beach
with my family, where the rhythms of the ocean
remind me that recovery, like waves, comes in its own time.
I bring my whole self to
this work because I've learned that authenticity heals—both the storyteller and those
who hear the story.