NEW YORK T’Karima Ticitl, PhD, midwife, birth and postpartum doula, placenta encapsulator, is Indigenous (Mexica/Wirrarika) and Xicana. She was born in California and has been living on the East Coast since 2005. Her family is from Zacatecas and Jalisco, Mexico. She is the mother of three boys, all who were born at home in the temazkal (sweat lodge). She is also a midwife assistant, artisan, activist, author, and scholar. She is the co-founder and co-director of Traditional Doula Arts. She is the author of Decolonizing Nahua/Mexica/Aztec Children’s Literature, Blooming Flower, Shooting Star, and Boys Can Have Long Hair, Too. Currently, she is studying to be a midwife at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. |
NEW YORK Mary Betsellie, A student midwife, birth and postpartum doula, placenta encapsulation specialist, and herbalist, (certified with Indigenous Remedies). Mary became a natural childbirth advocate in 2004, shortly after the birth of her son. She attended her first birth as a doula in 2006, for TDMA co-founder, T’Karima. She provides a variety of birth related services such as mother blessings, postpartum warming and sealing, belly binding, and more. She is the co-founder and co-director of Traditional Doula Arts. She lives on Long Island with her husband and son. Mary is currently attending Midwives College of Utah and is working towards her CPM. |
MSOUTH CAROLINA
Dawn Oliver, CD (TDMA) is committed to telling women the truth about childbirth, their bodies, and their options. She goes above and beyond to make sure women are heard, cared for and reassured and that their thoughts and feelings matter. By providing factual information and creative problem solving, she equips parents for a confident birthing and parenting journey. Dawn started Compassionate Care Doula Services to provide ethical, superior, compassionate services. Originally trained by DONA, she quickly realized that she needed to reach further in order to provide better education and a more supportive organization. Through Traditional Doula Arts. (TDMA) she studied with fabulous teachers, including Mary Betsellie and T’Karima Ticitl. She also became a Traditional Doula Arts Instructor. In total, Dawn is a tremendously valuable resource to women in her community, offering services as a Birth Doula, Postpartum Doula, a Doula Instructor, Child Birth Educator, Birth Pool Rental, Placenta Encapsulator and Doterra Essential Oils Birth Kit Advocate for birth and beyond. She will soon be furthering her business by adding an infant care classes.
Dawn Oliver, CD (TDMA) is committed to telling women the truth about childbirth, their bodies, and their options. She goes above and beyond to make sure women are heard, cared for and reassured and that their thoughts and feelings matter. By providing factual information and creative problem solving, she equips parents for a confident birthing and parenting journey. Dawn started Compassionate Care Doula Services to provide ethical, superior, compassionate services. Originally trained by DONA, she quickly realized that she needed to reach further in order to provide better education and a more supportive organization. Through Traditional Doula Arts. (TDMA) she studied with fabulous teachers, including Mary Betsellie and T’Karima Ticitl. She also became a Traditional Doula Arts Instructor. In total, Dawn is a tremendously valuable resource to women in her community, offering services as a Birth Doula, Postpartum Doula, a Doula Instructor, Child Birth Educator, Birth Pool Rental, Placenta Encapsulator and Doterra Essential Oils Birth Kit Advocate for birth and beyond. She will soon be furthering her business by adding an infant care classes.