Worked on Ratifying a NOW Resolution

Cordelia S. Hanna-Cheruiyot, BA, CCE, CBA,  Pasadena, California I was so empowered by the midwife-attended births of my two children (born in 1989 and 1991), that I found my life’s calling in the field of maternity care. I am a health educator with a specialty in maternal and child health with a passion for improving the lives of women and adolescents. My mission is to facilitate positive childbirth experiences for women and to improve infant and maternal health. I became a Certified Childbirth Educator (CCE) and a Certified Birth Assistant (CBA) and for nearly two decades, I have worked to increase awareness of the midwifery model of care and improve access to midwifery and doula care for California’s citizens. As an activist I worked to ratify the National Organization for Women’s resolution to expand the definition of reproductive freedom to include choices in childbirth – including midwifery care and out of hospital birth.