Instructors
RNC, BSN, CCE, CD (DONA), DONA Trainer
Linda is an obstetrical and neonatal nurse, and a community outreach educator. She has 25 years experience in prenatal education, including program and curriculum development. She is a founder and co-director of the Academy of Certified Birth Educators and Labor Support Professionals. Linda is a childbirth educator, certified doula, and a doula trainer (DONA), as well as a nationall known speaker and presenter.
BS Education & Psychology, CCE, CD (DONA), DONA Trainer
Sally is a founder and co-director of the Academy of Certified Birth Educators and Labor Support Professionals. She has 25 years experience as a certified childbirth educator and practicing doula. She is a certified doula and doula trainer (DONA). Sally presents numerous seminars annually throughout the United States.
Kelly has been involved in the field of childbirth for 15 years. She is a Certified Nurse Midwife and Clinical Nurse Specialist in Women's Health and Community Health. She is a practicing doula and childbirth educator.
RN, BSN, CCE
Peggy has been a childbirth educator for 29 years. She currently coordinates Women's Education Life Learning / A Mother's Place at Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, CT. She has extensive experience in the development of childbirth, parenting, breastfeeding, and prenatal fitness programs. A Mother's Place combines breastfeeding education, support, and retail in a one-stop shopping environment. Email her at peggy.dezinno@ynhh.org.
RNC, BS Health Science, CCE, CLC
Cheryl has been a childbirth educator for almost 30 years. Currently, she teaches childbirth education, Cesarean birth, VBAC, parenting, and prenatal exercise classes at Mercy SW Hospital. Cheryl has also worked in labor and delivery, pediatrics, gestational diabetes education, and school nursing.