Nice to meet you!

I am a Certified Lactation Counselor and am awaiting the results of the exam to become an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (expected December 2025).

After fifteen years working as a bilingual dictionary editor, I became very interested in the postpartum and feeding experience with the birth of my first daughter. When my second daughter was born, I decided to follow my dream and start working with new parents, first as a DONA-trained postpartum doula, and now as a lactation counselor. The transition to parenthood stirs up so many emotions and I know from my own life how overwhelming it can be, and how much a strong support system can shape the experience. I am here to be part of that support system for you and to help you navigate this new phase of your life and make you and your family feel more heard, more nurtured, and less overwhelmed.

In 2024 and 2025, I completed a 9-month internship at the University of California San Francisco, a top birthing hospital in the nation that sees some of the most complex feeding difficulties in their particularly high-risk patient population, and I am a graduate of the UCSD Pathway 2 Lactation Consultant program. I love working with families experiencing the full spectrum of lactation challenges, including over and under supply, pain, low milk transfer, and many other complexities of breastfeeding.

I have primary/chronic low milk supply and have experience with many infant feeding challenges. I pumped for almost a year with my first daughter and combination fed both daughters, so I am personally familiar with supplementation and bottle feeding as well as direct breastfeeding. I provide judgment-free care and am here to support parents however they choose to feed their babies. I am passionate about the social-emotional aspect of low milk supply and I know from my own life how important it is to help families find a balance that places value on mental health. Pumping is another related focus of mine. I was pump-dependent with my first daughter and one of my missions is to provide education about pumping techniques and best practices so no one spends a second longer attached to a pump than necessary. My goal is to make pump sessions as efficient and effective as possible so parents can spend more time with their babies.

As someone with a history of hypermobility and joint pain who had to be very thoughtful about how I held my babies, I am also especially interested in helping families with feeding and pumping challenges related to positioning. I also care deeply about supporting breastfeeding parents who are experiencing postpartum pelvic floor dysfunction. I love working in collaboration with physical and occupational therapists to help patients find a feeding plan that works for every body.

I have a bachelor’s in English and French literature from the University of Chicago and am comfortable working in Portuguese (fluent), French (advanced) and Spanish (conversational). In my free time I love going on adventures with my two daughters and husband, along with traveling and reading. I am also obsessed with food and I love baking desserts and visiting the incredible bakeries around San Francisco. I lived in Rio de Janeiro for eight years, and I taught and studied in France and England, and now I am based in Silicon Valley.