Find your Mentor
Are you seeking guidance? Meet our NBDA® Approved Doulas. They have thriving Doula practices and collectively, they have supported hundreds of families.
Please Note* The NBDA® Mentors facilitate their own mentorship programs. No payments are made to the NBDA®.
Meet Our Mentors
Birth, Postpartum & Fertility Doula Mentor
Meet Michelle
Just starting out? Or not getting the amount of clients you need to maintain your business? It's about business connections, relationships and word of mouth. How do you build your brand? How do you ensure repeat clients? After 13 years in this business, I have multiple streams of cash flow, my months are always booked and classes are full. But most important, my reputation as a great doula is recognized by clients, doctors, chiropractors, midwives and fellow doulas. Book a min of 3 sessions, review your business plans and get tips of the trade. Create your place in the world of birthing.
Birth Doula Mentor
Meet Juan
We are delighted to introduce Dr. Juan Michelle Martin. She is a licensed physical therapist, birth doula, and women's wellness coach, and the proud owner of JMM Health Solutions in Atlanta. With over 13 years of clinical experience, she's dedicated to holistic pelvic health care. A former international volleyball player turned healthcare professional, Dr. Martin combines her expertise as a doula and coach to improve birth outcomes for women. She's passionate about reducing maternal mortality rates in underserved communities, collaborating with nonprofits on this important mission.
Birth/Postpartum/ Fertility Doula Mentor
Meet Ashley
Starting a new business can be exciting and overwhelming. Having someone to enlighten and guide you on this journey is essential. Not sure what you need, or what trainings to take next? I can guide you on your journey. Get in touch today.
Birth & Postpartum Doula Instructor
Meet Kaila
Kaila is a native of Memphis, Tennessee, wife, mother of 2, 10+ year educator, and owner of WhatTheDoula, LLC. As a certified Doula, she increases awareness amongst women about maternal healthcare and targets minority women and their unique birthing experience through Birth, Postpartum, and Lactation support. She is a certified yoga instructor and uses her knowledge of movement and breath to help birthing people relax and meet pain in a manageable way. Kaila has been certified and cross-trained to grow her skill set and ability to support the medical and non-medical side of birth as she bridges into Midwifery as a current student Midwife. Kaila enjoys mentoring local college students, making custom hairbows, and taking local dance classes to stay fit!
Fertility And Postpartum Doula Instructor
Meet Imani
Imani Byers-Quarterman. She is a Holistic Full Spectrum Doula and clinical therapist based in Atlanta, GA. She is the founder of Rebyrth Wellness and the co-founder of Your Rebyrth Tribe Doula Agency. Since 2020, she has assisted over 95 births and counting. She also has training in Childbirth Education, Peristeaming, and Traditional Mexican Sobada. She is a Honeybook Educator and is an expert at systems management and integration. Her deepest passions in birthwork are intertwined with mental health, fertility, birth and postpartum wellness.
Birth, Postpartum Doula and Placenta Encapsulator Instructor
Meet Leah
Leah Hairston. She is a seasoned doula on a mission to end maternal mortality. She is the founder and CEO of Sweet Bee Services, a full-spectrum reproductive health agency based in Baltimore, Maryland. Leah and her team are committed to empowering women and addressing systematic reproductive injustices. They provide justice-focused, trauma-informed, and family-centered care. Leah also serves as an instructor and mentor with the National Black Doula Association. A graduate of Roland Park Country School, Howard University, and Columbia University, she enjoys exploring new recipes, diving into audiobooks, taking walks with her pup T’Challa, and cherishing moments with loved ones.
Birth Doula Mentor
Meet Kira
Kira Kimble is the founder and principal of MINE-R-T Doula Company in Charlotte, NC. She is an advocate, marketing strategist, doula trainer and mentor. Kira has 10 years of experience as a birthworker specializing in multicultural birth support, plus-size pregnancy, VBAC, multiples, and high risk pregnancies. During her career she has built a reputation for professional excellence, strategic thinking, advocacy, and leadership while working with a deep passion and commitment to improving perinatal health. Kira is a founding member of the National Black Doulas Association and of the North Carolina Doula Organization where she leads advocacy efforts to increase patient access to doulas while maintaining doula autonomy.
Meet Brandie
Brandie Bishop
NBDA CEO & Owner
Greetings Future Mentees, Brandie Bishop owner of Your Tribe Family Services LLC here. I have been serving families during their most vulnerable times since I was a young child. At the age of 14 I was apart of my first business start up and also started my first job working at a homeless center. Early on in my career as a doula one of my primary focuses was serving pregnant refugee women from around the world. This work challenged my thoughts on how pregnancy, labor, delivery, and the immediate postpartum period should be experienced. The families I had the privilege of supporting during this time taught me more than I could ever put in words and ignited my passion for birth work. As my career has expanded I have been able to build Your Tribe Family Services into an organization with both Birth and Postpartum Doulas, Nannies, and House Keepers. While supporting the births of black, brown, immigrant and refugee families for nearly 10 years now, my hearts burden has become aiding in building community among doulas and passing on the business skills needed to see other doulas find finical stability and growth in this space.
Mentorship with me will take time, commitment, and discipline. Ideal for those interested in Mentorship with a concentration on building a strong business foundation
NBDA® Mentorship Policy
To adequately streamline new NBDA® trainees in their certification process, it is required that you only work with NBDA® Approved Mentors. Outside mentors will no longer be acceptable.
The NBDA® Mentors are not only vetted and approved the NBDA®. It is proven that they are pillars in their respective communities and have effectively embedded a successful business infrastructure to support that and others in their mentorship training program.
Trainees/Mentees are responsible for all fees associated with said mentorship, privately established and paid directly to their selected mentor.
Mentorship should be established after your NBDA® Doula Training is completed.
You are required to work with your NBDA® Approved Mentors for a minimum of three months. Upon completion of meeting all certification requirements, when you submit all of your certification documents to the NBDA®, your mentor will be contacted directly by us, providing a report of your time in their mentorship program.
You are required to have the basic knowledge and understanding of basic Birth Business Operations, Birth Physiology, Postpartum Dangers, and Marketing, Advertising and networking.
When NBDA® mentees seek certification, Mentors will be sent a Google Form to verify those mentioned above.
Once it has been established that mentorship has been successfully completed without lapse or malice and all Doula attended documents are completed and submitted to our office at hello@blackdoulas.org, NBDA® Certification will be approved and issued within fifteen business days.
A two-year Doula Certification Renewal is required to maintain your valid NBDA® Doula Certification.