Knowledge held.

So many pathways,

people,

and stories

have led me here.

I was born at home, on my mama’s bed.

There was a lightening storm on a sunny day, as I emerged from my mother’s womb.

They called me Maliya, ten days after I was born. Quntaw Eneq, Lightening Woman, comes from the Chumash language of my ancestors.

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My work with families took flight at a little school by the sea in 2013.

Sunset Cooperative is a play and connection based parent participation nursery school located in the sunset district of San Francisco. For 9 years I called Sunset home, as a lead teacher. Immersed in community, parent education, and play. I began my path towards birthwork here. At Sunset Co-op, we value and facilitate an inclusive environment for growing families; rich in the vital connection and attachment that humans need to learn and grow, along the journey to true self.

This philosophy is one that guides my practice as a doula, and as a human. 

Certifications and Trainings

I am a midwifery student at the National Midwifery Institute, moving toward becoming an out of hospital midwife. I am currently apprenticing the SF Birth Center.

  • Birth Doula Training, Cornerstone Doula Trainings, 2016

  • Postpartum Doula Training, Cornerstone Doula Trainings, 2016

  • Homebirth for Doulas, Cornerstone Doula Trainings, 2016

  • Childbirth Educator Training and Certification, Cornerstone Doula Trainings, 2017

  • Placenta Specialist Certification, Cornerstone Doula Trainings, 2017

  • End of Life Doula Training, International End of Life Doula Association (INELDA), 2018

  • Unicorns and Sea Horses: Supporting Trans and Gender non conforming births, Trystan Reese. 2019

  • PAIL: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Advocate Training, Nneka Hall, 2019. 

  • RE+Birth Equity Alliances: Anti Bias Training, 2020

  • Advanced Skills Full Spectrum Doula Course, Cornerstone Doula Trainings, 2020.

  • Birthing Beyond the Binary: Creating Decolonized, Intersectional and Libratory Reproductive Spaces for Queer, Trans, and Non-Binary Folx, king yaa. NOV, 2020.

  • Supporting Survivors Who Birth, Eri Guajardo Johnson. NOV, 2020.

  • Infant and Child CPR and First aid training: updated yearly