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Meet the doulas & Staff:
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Erica

Executive Director of

Ostara Initiaitve

egerrity@ostarainitiative.org

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Erica is the founder of the Minnesota Prison Doula Project. She is

 psychotherapist specializing in families affected by incarceration.

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Raelene

Program Director of Minnesota Prison Doula Project

rbaker@mnprisondoulaproject.org

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Rae is the director of MnPDP. She also facilitates childbirth education and attends births of those incarcerated at Minnesota's only state prison for women.

Rebecca

Research Director of Minnesota Prison Doula Project

shlaf002@umn.edu

Rebecca is the Research Director for the MnPDP. She is an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota's Medical School.

*additional staff & doula bios coming soon
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