Sara Chevallier - Echo of Eden Midwifery, LLC

As a white care provider, in a field that is dominated by primarily white cishet women, I seek to return and acknowledge where many of our skills came from- which are Black Granny Midwives from the South. This knowledge was co-opted and then abused by white providers, and has created harmful outcomes that we are seeing the impact of today- such as the skyrocketing maternal mortality rate amongst BIPOC individuals. To counteract this, I have made it my heart's work to make homebirth care in particular accessible to BIPOC individuals. I have experience as a staff midwife with the Indigenous founded Changing Woman Initiative, which was focused on providing culturally sensitive care to Native American families.