Help me support moms in my community by becoming a midwife

Hi, I'm Payton. I'm a student midwife and single mom. I am going to school because I want to make a difference in the lives of the women in my community by providing safe, affordable, traditional maternity care.

The birth of my son left me feeling deprived and traumatized because the medicalized birthing system treats pregnancy as a condition that doctors must save us from, often leading to a cascade of dangerous interventions. Despite this, as I soon learned, I am one of the lucky ones, a white woman, living in an urban area, with the privilege of having access to quality maternity care and options. I was able to return home alive and healthy with a baby that was alive and healthy. This experience inspired me to learn from the wise women and elder midwives in my community about homebirth and holistic postpartum. This new perspective was so powerful that I knew it was my calling. I want to be a licensed midwife because I would like to make continuous, personalized, safe, and compassionate care available to all families who seek it.