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Granny's Birth Initiative

Meet the Team

Elite Perinatal Health Professionals Passionate about Birthing People

GBI is comprised of Louisville, Kentucky's elite perinatal health professionals. We believe B.I.R.T.H, Building Individualized care & Resorting Traditions and Healing, is the solution to both the National & Black Maternal/ Infant Health Crisis. GBI is an innovative collaborative looking to Birth KY Better!

Meet The Team

Doula Alexa Hughes, CD

BS Interdisciplinary Studies

Founder & Executive Director

Kayla Migneron

BS, Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

Assistant Executive Director

Arielle Eugene

President

Director of Maternal and Infant Health

Doula Tia Hardy

Maternal Support Practitioner Certification, Bebo
Fertility and Postpartum Support Practitioner, Bebo

BS, Health Promotion & Education

Director of Doulas

Doula Mary Miller

Director of Maternal Mental Health

Doula Kinshasta (Kinny) Reed, RN

Director Public Education & Volunteer Chair

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Shellese Shemwell

Director of Monitoring and Evaluation

Jackie McGranahan

Director of Strategic Planning

Lauren Buchwald, RN

Grant Writter

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