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Vanessa | Founder

Vanessa is a postpartum doula, newborn care specialist, and founder of Doula Care AZ. My work is shaped by my own early experience of becoming a mother without the support every family deserves. Feeling those gaps firsthand is what ignited my commitment to walk alongside others during one of the most tender and transformative seasons of life.

Since starting DoulaCareAZ in 2022, I’ve provided more than 5,000 hours of hands-on postpartum and newborn care, completed DONA International and Newborn Care Solutions training, and built a practice grounded in emotional attunement, trauma‑informed care, and evidence‑based guidance. My focus is on helping families recover, rest, and confidently bond with their baby—whether that means overnight newborn care, feeding support, gentle sleep foundations, or nurturing the birthing parent through the fourth trimester.If you’re preparing for postpartum or navigating the early weeks with your newborn, I’m here to offer steady, compassionate support so you don’t have to do it alone

Serene Augustine is the founder of Atoctli Birth & Wellness, a birth and postpartum doula, and a student midwife devoted to guiding families through life’s most profound thresholds. Her work is rooted in traditional Indigenous and ancestral postpartum wisdom, blended with evidence-based care and a deep reverence for the sacredness of birth and the early postpartum window.

Her philosophy centers on the understanding that the first forty days after birth are a ceremony of restoration, a time when the body repairs, the spirit integrates, and the family steps into a new season of identity and connection. Through the Sacred Postpartum Restoration Series: The First 40 Days, Serene offers a holistic approach to healing that honors the womb as the original home and the mother as the heart of the family. Each session is designed to gently close what was opened, restore what was given, and nourish the birthing person with intention, warmth, and cultural grounding.

Serene’s background includes certifications in Birth and Postpartum Doula Care (Wombs of the World), Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PSI), and Loss and Bereavement (Cihuapactli Collective). She also holds a B.S. in Kinesiology and is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and Nutrition Coach, allowing her to integrate body mechanics, movement, and nourishment into her care.At the heart of her work is a commitment to restoring the village—offering care that is holistic, heart-centered, and culturally rooted, so every family feels held, respected, and supported as they cross the threshold into parenthood.

Serene

Traditional Postpartum Recovery & Sacred Restoration Focus

Xochitl

Postpartum Overnight Care & Traditional Healing Focus

Xochitl is a certified Birth and Postpartum Doula who provides compassionate, culturally grounded care for families as they welcome their newborn. Licensed in Arizona, CPR certified, and fingerprint cleared, she brings both professionalism and warmth into every home she supports. She is trained in placenta encapsulation and is expanding her skills as a Newborn Care Specialist, offering evidence‑based newborn care, gentle routines, and supportive postpartum guidance.

Her work centers on postpartum overnight care, giving families rest, reassurance, and skilled newborn support during the early weeks. She also offers traditional postpartum healing tools, including belly binding kits, herbal bath and yoni steam blends, postpartum tea blends, Ayurvedic massage oil, and the Closing of the Bones Ceremony (6+ weeks postpartum).

Xochitl’s approach blends cultural tradition, practical support, and heartfelt care—helping families feel confident, rested, and nurtured as they adjust to life with their newborn.

Rachel

Prenatal & Postpartum Massage Therapist

Rachel Maka is a prenatal and postpartum massage therapist dedicated to supporting mothers through every stage of their journey. She graduated from Massage Therapy School in 2009 and later earned her B.S. in Human Movement with an emphasis in Exercise Science from Utah State University in 2013. Her background in movement and body mechanics deeply informs her approach to hands‑on care.Rachel specializes in Lomi Lomi, Lymphatic Drainage, and Craniosacral Therapy, offering gentle, restorative bodywork that supports the physical and emotional shifts of pregnancy and postpartum recovery. She has a special passion for working with postpartum mothers and mothers‑to‑be, helping them reconnect with their bodies, release tension, and restore balance.

Her philosophy is rooted in the belief that the body holds our stories. She considers it an honor to witness those stories through touch and to help her clients feel more aligned, supported, and at ease during such a transformative season.

Jocelyn

Postpartum Day/Overnight Doula

Jocelyn is a postpartum specialist and the founder of AZ Physique and Performance, a family focused wellness practice that works in tandem with her dedicated role on the Doula Care AZ team. Holding an undergraduate degree in Psychology with a primary research focus on childhood trauma, she brings a deeply informed understanding of emotional development and behavioral architecture to her newborn care. She completed her training through the Newborn Care Training Academy, shaping her practice through both professional expertise and a mother’s lived understanding of what families truly need during the postpartum season.

With more than a decade of experience caring for infants and children in both group settings and one on one environments, Jocelyn has supported families through every stage of early childhood. She is known for helping parents feel confident, capable, and grounded as they adjust to life with their new baby, whether that means hands on newborn care, gentle education, or strengthening a parent’s physical capacity so they can move through daily life with more ease.

This focus on physical capacity is the foundation of AZ Physique and Performance. Understanding that standard fitness programs often add to a new parent's exhaustion, her methodology relies on systematic integration rather than fleeting motivation. By utilizing peer reviewed neurobiology and a private platform, she completely removes the cognitive overload and guesswork of fitness, allowing parents to safely build a sustainable physical baseline.

Through AZ Physique and Performance and her work with Doula Care AZ, Jocelyn’s mission is simple: to empower families with the knowledge, strength, and support they need to thrive today and for years to come.

Sara

Postpartum Overnight Doula

Sarah is a proud mother of five and has spent more than 20 years walking alongside families during some of the most tender and transformative seasons of life. Supporting mothers, babies, and growing families isn’t just her work—it’s who she is. Her journey into caregiving began with her own experiences in motherhood, giving her a deep understanding of how essential it is to feel supported, heard, and nurtured after birth.Over the years, Sarah has had the honor of providing postpartum doula care and personalized childcare tailored to each family’s unique needs. She knows that no two journeys are ever the same, and she approaches every home with compassion, patience, and respect.

As a postpartum overnight doula, Sarah’s heart is to offer the highest quality care in a way that feels calm, reassuring, and deeply nurturing. She wants families to look back on this chapter of their lives and remember feeling supported, empowered, and never alone. Being welcomed into such a meaningful moment is a privilege she holds with great care, and she is committed to making the postpartum journey as smooth, memorable, and joy-filled as possible

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