Daniela’s motivation to become a doula was inspired by lived experiences—from growing up in Puerto Rico to navigating pregnancy loss, foster-care parenting, and raising a multicultural family.

Melanin & Maternal Wellness improves birth outcomes and decreases health disparities in Black maternal and infant health, providing culturally-congruent perinatal doula services, lactation support services, childbirth education, advocacy and linkage to community-aligned resources that support maternal wellness.

TruDoulas of NJ was founded in 2020 by three Black women with roots in Mercer County who shared a deep commitment to improving maternal health in their communities…

GoStrong Fitness & GoStrong Moms and Strong Momma Circle are fitness programs supporting women during pregnancy and postpartum. 

Since 2018, Life After 2 Losses has been responding to community needs through programming that supports women, families, and communities as they cope with loss. 

Xochiquetzal Council was created in response to the urgent need for culturally grounded, community-based care for Latin American and Indigenous families navigating birth, migration, trauma, and systemic marginalization.

Baby, Please Birth Services strives to reduce fear and anxiety when it comes to birthing and arms clients with tools to reduce stress and improve health outcomes during all phases of birth, particularly the sensitive postpartum period.

Founded by Chesha Hodge, MPA RDN, The Balanced Diet provides personalized nutritional counseling and support in addition to group nutritional sessions and specializes in food insecurity and chronic diseases plaguing Black and underserved communities.

The Most Beautiful W.O.M.B. exists to uplift Women on a Mission to Birth. The acronym W.O.M.B. stands for Women Overcoming Major Barriers, and that’s exactly who they serve.

Founded by Tatiana Smith, Doulas for the People provides reproductive health care support, information, resources and advocacy in collaboration with Black and Brown communities.

Founded by Angeline Irrizarri, Empower Mamasita Services supports and empowers moms from marginalized communities to be informed partners in their perinatal care team through education.

Founded by Jaye Wilson, Melinated Moms is a MOM Profit™ — a community-centered women empowerment social enterprise supporting moms and women to become better versions of themselves through advocacy, education, awareness, and entrepreneurship.

Founded by Alreema Vining, Nurturing BayBees was created and launched in 2018 as a response to the high maternal and infant mortality rates persons of color face.

As an Equity in Postpartum grantee, Postpartum Doula Alexis Owusu is piloting fully inclusive postpartum experiences in a neutral location, the Nyame A’ma House in Bergen County, and offering services that support new moms 24 hours a day as they prepare to go home.

Community doula and The Partum Tribe founder Erica Pulliam assists birthing people in building a community tribe of support during one of their most vulnerable periods, normalizing postpartum support, rest, recovery, and wellness for Black and Brown women.

Founded by certified doula and womb practitioner Alquadira Cox, Y’Not Events & Women Empowerment is a multi-layered empowerment company specializing in healing the womb through words and vaginal steaming.

Abounding Love Doula founder Kayla Lloyd is a certified full spectrum doula who believes supported mamas are empowered mamas. 

Shanda Gadsden is passionate about empowering women throughout their pregnancy and birth. A focus on pregnancy massage led Shanda to become a birth doula, and she is deeply committed to ensuring the people she works with feel comfortable, safe, and important in her care.

The Black Sex Workers Collective is a philanthropic arts project seeking to amplify the voices of Black Sex Workers by addressing their needs through peer support, legal assistance, housing and other basic needs assessment. They create safe space where the unique experiences and needs of current and former Black Sex Worker voices are validated and responded with appropriate needs based resources.

MyLÚA Health is a digital front door for maternal care that extends the capacity and reach of care providers in an equitable and culturally informed way. The MyLÚA platform offers an SMS and web app experience that streamlines access and engagement by automating culturally sensitive data collection, video education, and care coordination.