Jemilla White
Ontario
Summary
Dynamic former Director of Doula Programming and Affairs with a proven track record in establishing Orange County’s first Community-based Doula Pilot Program at BIRRTH WOMXN OC. Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula specializing in optimizing perinatal experiences through Holistic Psychology and Synergism. Committed to enhancing family wellness and support during critical life transitions.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Certified Birth Doula, Certified Postpartum Doula
MariMama Doula Services
Rancho Cucamonga
11.2017 - Current
- Acts as a liaison between birthing clients and medical professionals, helps clients generate birth intentions and acquire proper transitioning/resources into parenthood
- Served over 200 families with addressing birth fears/concerns by incorporating emotional freedom techniques (EFT), implementing breathing and relaxation methods and other Holistic Psychological techniques
- Assisted over 25 childbearing individuals with human feeding for up to 1 year postpartum
- Encourages clients to awaken their innate sensibilities to birth by providing examples of informed consent, trauma informed care and synergism
Director, Doula Programming and Affairs
HERstory, Inc
Anaheim
11.2022 - 04.2024
- Creates and implements criteria for doula recruitment, assists Executive Director with the hiring, screening and coordination process of approximately 7 doulas to serve the BIPOC community in Orange County (20 BIPOC families served)
- Identifies various training needs and opportunities for doulas in the community (Mental Health First Aider Training etc.)
- Supports the Executive Director in identifying resources and building partnerships to strengthen and enhance the community doula program
- Assists the Executive Director in co-creating two focus groups: Doula Focus Group & Community Focus Group for the community doula pilot program
- Facilitates monthly Doula Synergy Meetings for Doulas to debrief and indulge in mindfulness/reflective practices
- Co-facilitates tri-monthly Community Advisory Board Committee Meetings (7 community members in Orange County who are invested in seeing change within the BIPOC maternal health sector.)
- Reviews all of the clinical information of each participant enrolled in the BIRRTH WOMXN OC Community-based Doula Pilot Program
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) requirements and reimbursement rates for doula services
Education
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Indiana Institute of Technologye
Fort Wayne, IN05.2014
Skills
- Birth plan creation
- Emotional support
- Informed consent
- Client advocacy
- Postpartum care
- Volunteer management
- Program development
- Community outreach
- Conflict resolution
- Group facilitation
- Labor progression techniques
- Effective communication
Certificates And Achievements
- Certified Birth Doula through Lifespan Doulas, LLC, 10/01/21
- Certified Postpartum Doula through Lifespan Doulas, LLC, 10/01/21
- Community Doula and member of Sankofa Birthworkers Collective of Inland Empire (SBCIE), 04/01/22 - Present
- Leadership Summit for Fatherhood, Conversing with the National Fatherhood Initiative's Chief Program Officer on providing Father Friendly action plans within the Maternal Health Sector, 08/01/22
- Panelist for Inland Empire Perinatal Equity Provider & Community Summit, 09/01/22
- Aided in the coordination of a FREE, 2 day Multi-Cultural Maternal Health Expo with approximately 70 attendees, 08/01/23
- Certified in Adult Mental Health First Aid, 12/01/23
- California Doula Access Workgroup Member, 04/01/23 - Present
- Guest Speaker for MommiNation's Black Maternal Health Mommi Brunch, 04/01/24
- Co-facilitator of CalOptima Health's Doula Day, a workshop for Medi-Cal Doulas serving Orange County, 05/01/24
- NHeLP's Cultural Connector Panelist Speaker for the Doula Landscape Analysis Findings, 10/01/24
- Co-Author of Imagine That: From Reproductive Justice to Innate Birth Right poster for the Women's Health Summit, 'Charting the Course of Women's Health', 11/01/24
- Co-facilitated pregnancy and postpartum workshops in partnership with UCI's Maternal Health Equity Project and Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, 11/01/24 - 12/01/24
- Co-Author of A Community-Based Doula Program to Address Maternal Health Disparities: HERstory, Inc for the Western Institute of Nursing (WIN) Conference
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Director, Doula Programming and Affairs
HERstory, Inc
11.2022 - 04.2024
Certified Birth Doula, Certified Postpartum Doula
MariMama Doula Services
11.2017 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Indiana Institute of Technologye
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