Guramrit (she/her) is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), birth/postpartum doula, co-owner of Ashe Birthing Services and the co-founder of The Bridge Directory, an online data-base of culturally competent providers for people of color.

After graduating from Syracuse University and working in marketing and at various publications, including Parenting Magazine, Guramrit trained as a holistic health counselor and published her first cookbook, Yogi Eats.

Through interacting with clients, many of whom were pregnant or birthing, Guramrit became involved in birth work. While her career has spanned several industries, each role shared the common denominator of amplifying the voices of those in under-served communities, especially in New York City and New York State.

Nurturing, educating, and uplifting families during transformational moments are essential to her work as a doula and a lactation counselor. Her commitment to this has only been deepened by becoming a mother to a son and daughter. After their breastfeeding journeys, Guramrit sought additional training and mentoring in Tethered Oral Tissues (TOTs) and airway health.

Guramrit is pursuing a master's degree in Infant + Maternal Nutrition with a focus on a holistic approach to pregnancy, postpartum, and infant/toddler feeding. Guramrit has received certification as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and is the recipient of the Fall 2023 IBCLC Education Scholarship from the US Lactation Consultants Association.

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Milta Lee is a Reiki practitioner, founder of Milta’s Magic, and full spectrum doula based in The Bronx. A Master attuned and certified by Laura Lopez from House of Clovers, in the Usui Reiki system, a method known for its gentle yet powerful approach to energy healing. Since her personal healing journey, she has been committed to facilitating physical, emotional, and spiritual healing and empowerment in her community. She also studied under Ascending Arts, a Reiki mentorship practicum designed to decolonize Reiki and facilitate healing through a trauma informed lens. Her training includes ancestral veneration, shadow work, tantra for self love, chakra alignment and intuitive energy healing.

Milta offers a holistic approach to healing throughout the transformative stages of pregnancy and provides postpartum support that addresses both spiritual alignment and personal empowerment, guiding individuals towards a more profound connection with themselves. Milta values creating a serene and welcoming environment for her clients where they can relax, release tension, and reconnect with their inner selves, with self-love as the focus. Available for private sessions, group workshops, and distance healing sessions – she looks forward to supporting you on your wellness journey via Maryam Reproductive Health + Wellness.

Diana is a traditional East Asian medicine practitioner with clinical experience in both community and hospital settings. Her approach to healing honors the body’s intelligence, uses the highly effective techniques systematized in the Balance Method, and attends to how health is influenced by energetic principles observed in nature. Having grown up in Korea with the wisdom of elders who cultivated medicinal herbs and practiced food as medicine, Diana became a practitioner after learning the history of activism that brought acupuncture into U.S. communities as an empowering resource. Diana has worked with a wide range of people—from pediatric patients, dancers and athletes seeking to speed up their recovery from injury, to those on a journey for their best self—and many of the most meaningful moments in her work have been in supporting fertility, pregnancy, and birth.

Veronica is the Founder of The Mama Sanctuary, LLC. (Embody Lotus & Bloom), which provides support to individuals navigating transitions in pregnancy and postpartum periods. She utilizes an integrative and holistic approach to healing, incorporating her skills as a certified Psychotherapist, Wellness Coach, Reiki Practitioner, Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga Teacher, and Meditation Facilitator.

Veronica has over 15 years of experience supporting diverse populations in a variety of mental health settings which include private practice, public, and nonprofit organizations.

A Latina and Bronx native, Veronica shares lived experience as a NICU mom and child loss survivor. These experiences have been the driving force behind her mission to provide a trauma-informed, equitable, and healing space for individuals and families.

Veronica is deeply committed to Maryam’s vision and looks forward to contributing to community healing and meaningful change.

Myriam Webb is Registered Dietitian who has served the diverse population of New York City in community, clinical and outpatient settings for eight years. In addition to her clinical work as a dietician, Myriam has completed full-spectrum doula training, became a birth assistant in a Midwifery practice in Brooklyn, New York, and recently graduated from nursing school. During her work as a clinical dietician, Myriam found herself researching everything and anything related to pregnancy, reproductive health, and birth in my free time. As she planned her own reproductive journey, she realized how deeply medical racism and the social determinants of health impact birth outcomes in the Black and Brown community. She works to address root causes, collaborate with Maryam Reproductive Health + Wellness team, and be part of a solution. She is deeply committed to supporting her community in reclaiming their reproductive wellness journeys and overall health.

A recent graduate of nursing, Myriam intends to further clinical skills and assist birthing persons to experience respectful and dignified births. She enjoys exploring a new country and cuisine.

Justine Behari has been a Registered Nurse since 2014. A native New Yorker residing in the Bronx, Justine is a mom of two. After giving birth twice, once pre-COVID and also during the pandemic, she prioritized the development of her culturally responsive pre-and post-natal coaching practice through which she educates and empowers growing families during their parenting journeys. Justine has observed that resources are very limited in the Bronx, from her own experiences and from witnessing the families she is in service of, and seeks to normalize the strength in vulnerability to ask for help during parenthood, while being respectful to cultural beliefs and traditions. Being a Mama coach, Justine is committed to supporting families on their journey, despite how long or hard the path may be.

Laurence Agénor earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from New York University. She is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Her areas of expertise include dance medicine, sports performance, women’s health/pelvic health therapy, orthopedics, and manual and visceral therapy.

Prior to becoming a physical therapist, Laurence was an elementary school teacher at a charter school in Washington, D.C. Her love for teaching, movement and healing others ultimately led her to pursue physical therapy.

Laurence uses a warm, collaborative and tailored approach with each of her patients to help them meet their individual performance goals. She is committed to providing the highest quality of care to assist them in returning to their activities and give them the tools they need to feel successful and empowered.

In addition to being a physical therapist, Laurence is a dancer as well as a Pilates and Barre instructor. She also enjoys photography, weight lifting, practicing Pilates and Yoga, volunteering, traveling, meditating, trying new restaurants, and spending time with friends and family.