Ep. 56 Inclusion, Advocacy and Connection in Parenting & Birth Work - a podcast by Liz Winters & Sharon Bailey
from 2020-07-30T12:00
Today, Liz has the pleasure of interviewing Melissa Guevara, director of the non-profit BIRTHFIT for Everyone. In this episode, we dive into Melissa's experience parenting her child with autism, the story behind her non-profit, maternal disparities in the birth world, and how she lives out her core values of inclusion, advocacy and connection.
About Melissa Guevara (she/her)
Melissa has master's degrees in Early Childhood Special Education and Administrative Services. She works as a Special Education Administrator and is the Executive Director of the nonprofit organization, BIRTHFIT for Everyone. Melissa resides in Fairfield, CA with her partner and three-year old son. Melissa's core values are inclusion, advocacy, and connection.
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In this Episode:
- Sourdough Sisterhood and food as tool for connection
- Experience navigating diagnoses and parenting of a child with autism.
- Access for neuro-diverse kids through the pandemic
- Reframing and normalizing diversity
- Language as a barrier
- BIRTHFIT For Everyone
- What can we do to improve maternal mortality rates?
- How do we support diversity and birthing people?
- The need for more BIPOC birth-workers
- Postpartum Doula Scholarship, sponsored by BIRTHFIT and Joy & Claire.
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