Doula Member Biographies

			DOULA MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES
			Cindy Bellows has been a nurturing and caring birth doula since 2003 and has maintained certification through DONA International. She considers it an honor to serve pregnant women.
			Katie Fedor has been doula-ing since 2003. Witnessing the power of moms (and dads!) as they birth their babies is a truly profound experience in which she feels so very fortunate and privileged to play a small part.
			Melissa Gonzalez is a DONA certified birth doula and a Lamaze certified childbirth educator. She lives with her husband and two young sons in Willoughby and has a heart for birth.
			Barbara Green is a DONA certified birth doula and retired RN of 40 years specializing in high risk pregnancies. Barbara enjoys volunteering as a doula at MetroHealth Medical Center.
			Monica Honeycutt is a childbirth educator and DONA certified birth doula. She is a strong supporter of the natural birth process and offers her doula services throughout Northeast Ohio.
			Katie Immel is a certified childbirth educator and birth doula and feels honored to serve women and their families through education, empowerment and unwavering support during one of the most critical and vulnerable stages of life.
			Rachel Mueller is a mother of four and full-time birth and postpartum doula serving Northeastern Ohio. Her passion is helping families achieve the birth and postpartum experience they deserve—joyous!
			Sunday Tortelli’s passion for birth in the 1980s sparked her career as a multi-certified childbirth educator, DONA certified birth doula and approved doula trainer, DONA trained postpartum doula and certified lactation counselor.
			Charlene Tyrrell, a birth doula since 2005, was previously an elementary teacher and then psychotherapist. Teaching mothers how to use relaxation skills, reduce tension and anxiety and turn her attention inward are all part of the doula’s work.
			Denise Williamson has been a postpartum doula since 2006 and is DONA certified. She thoroughly enjoys helping families transition after the birth or adoption of a child.