PROFILE

Registered Midwife member of Canadian College of Midwife

Preceptor and Instructor in Midwifery skills and other subjects

Multifaceted experience in documentary films including work for National Geographic

Social activism in the field of violence against women and child sexual abuse

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MIDWIFE, Lucina Birthing Center, Edmonton                                                             

MIDWIFE, Centre de Santé Inuulitsivik, Puvirnituq & Salluit                                                              

MIDWIFE / PRECEPTOR, Cameroon                                                                       

RESIDENT MIDWIFE, Lac St-Louis Birthing Center,  Pointe-Claire                                                  

TEACHER OF MIDWIFERY SKILLS, Los Angeles                                                                   

RESIDENT MIDWIFE, Ste-Mary’s Hospital, Montréal                                                   

MIDWIFE ASSISTANT, Brooklyn Birthing Center, Brooklyn                                                    

PRENATAL CLASSES Teacher                                                                                                    

SOCIAL STUDY AND ACTIVISM                                                            

on the issue of sexual abuse against children, Generation five, New York

RAPE CRISIS COUNSELOR                                                                  

Saint Vincent Hospital – NYU Downtown Hospital, New York

YOGA INSTRUCTOR : Montréal, Brooklyn, New York, Los Angeles                                                                      

Studio Owner, Yoga in the Neighborhood & Kusala Yoga, Brooklyn from 2003-2012

Teacher of  all level classes including advance level training for instructors

Development and teaching of 200h yoga  teacher training since 2006

Development and teaching of prenatal teacher training since 2009

Retreats and Workshops teaching since 2003

Theravadan Buddhist Meditation Instructor since 2003

DOCUMENTARIST, Consultant, Research, Pre-Post Production

National Geographic Channel, HBO, Channel 13, independent productions

CURRENTLY ENROLLED

MASTER LEVEL PROGRAM IN GLOBAL HEALTH & HUMAN RIGHTS – Geneva University 

ADVANCE DEGREE IN CLINCAL WORLD HEALTH – Université du Québec     

QUALIFICATIONS

GRADUATE STUDIES

GLOBAL HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS – Université de Genève          

ADVANCE DEGREE IN CLINICAL WORLD HEALTH – Université du Québec               

SHORT PROGRAM IN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE – Université de Sherbrooke          

UNDER GRADUATES STUDIES

BACHELOR DEGREE IN MIDWIFERY – Université du Québec                                       

CERTIFICATE IN COMMUNICATION – Université d’Ottawa                                        

MINOR IN PSYCHOLOGY – Université de Montréal

CONTINUOUS EDUCATION                                                                                 

Suturing for Midwife, CAM , Ottawa                                                                

Breach Presentation, Gail Tully, Los Angeles                                          

Scars & Episiotomie, Ellen Heed, Los Angeles                                           

When Survivors Give Birth, Penny Simkin                                                        

Certificate in Nutrition, IIRHB, Montreal, Canada                                           

Certificate in Social study and Activism against child sexual abuse, Gen Five, NYC                                         

Licence in Child Sexual Abuse Educator/Counselor, CRP, New York                                           

Certificate Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Ottawa, Canada                                                     

Doula Certification, Focus Birth, DONA                                           

Specialization Doula : When survivor gives birth, Penny Simkin                                            

Instructor Certificate 200h Laughing Lotus, New York                                          

Specialization : Yoga Prenatal, Janice Clarfield, New York                                                      

Instructor Certification  200h OM Yoga Center, New York                                                      

Specialization : Yoga Prenatal, Dr Bernadette DeGasket, Montréal                                                      

LANGUAGE & CULTURE

French – mother tongue

English – fluent (oral and written)

Author of a chapter on pre- and post-natal yoga, « Sport et Nutrition Pendant et Après la Grossesse » L’Homme edition, a book approved by the SOGC ; 2012

Member at the executive level of a student organization on human rights issues

Buddhist studies and meditation practice including silent retreats and the study of ancient texts in a group setting; 1996