Quick Facts:
Born & Raised: BROOKLYN
Education:
BA 2014 Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago
MSW 2020, Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College
Training:
2017 7-Week Full Spectrum Doula Training, Ancient Song Doula Services
2019 Abortion Doula Training, The Doula Project
2019 DONA Birth Doula Training, Debra Pascali-Bonaro, Birthday Presence
2019 Breastfeeding for Doulas, Birthday Presence
2019 Doula Mentorship, Manhattan Birth
Work Experiences/Areas of interest: Educational Attainment (college access), Child Welfare (Foster Care), Reproductive Justice (abortion access, birth support, and birth justice), Mental Health, Child and Family well-being.
i’m sherraiNe
Social worker, identical twin, pisces, residing in New Jersey. Proudly, fiercely, respectfully pro-choice, pro-family, pro-reproductive justice. Really want to reclaim the term ‘pro-life’ from the anti-abortion crew. Most of all, I’m so happy you’re considering hiring a doula.
A love of babies and a serious passion for advocacy and child and family welfare draw me to doula work and reproductive justice as a whole. I first read the word ‘doula’ in the fall of 2013, when I came across a profile of Erica Chidi-Cohen, a practicing doula in L.A. The timing was divine as I was graduating soon and contemplating my post-grad future. I’d entered college with a desire to work in the realm of child psychology and child well-being, but the more I learned the more I saw that the child’s wellbeing was so much more tied to the family’s welfare than to just their own individual psychology.
In reading Erica’s profile I felt a click, that goldilocks sense of rightness, that this was what I was meant to do - support parents, and thus support families.. There were necessary detours on the road to becoming a doula, but literally since that day I have been inching my way towards doing this work, and now I am here. It feels good to be where you’re supposed to be!
My Commitments:
As a full spectrum doula, I am committed to supporting all facets of your reproductive journey. What I offer to anyone I work with is compassionate, continuous care; witty banter; and non-judgmental physical and emotional support for your pregnancy, abortion, labor, birth, parenting journey. You can do it! I believe in you! I’m here to help.
I hope to widen access to doula care in lower income households and communities of color. When I say I believe that everyone deserves a doula, I both mean that everyone deserves to feel supported through their birth and postpartum process, AND that doulas should not be a luxury available to only those who can afford it.
As such, I am committed to making sure all families can receive good care by providing sliding scale doula services when I can to those who need it, and referring out when I can’t. Finances should not stop you from receiving good care.