Hello! My name is Anna, and I serve Helping Hands as the founder, Executive Director, and service provider as our resident postpartum doula. As a mom twice a over, I understand first-hand the complications of the postpartum period. Pregnancy alone is a time of rapid-fire body and brain changes. And, while birth is beautiful, it is a trauma to the body, requiring some level of recovery. Add to that round-the-clock infant care, lactation, hormone shifts (yet again), and sleep-deprivation, and it becomes quite obvious that all birthing people need a helping hand in this incredible time of transition. That’s why we at Helping Hands seek to make receiving support accessible to all new parents. We believe postpartum support is a human right, not a luxury.

Prior to my role serving Helping Hands, I enjoyed a 20+ year career as a nanny, specializing in infant care and postpartum support. My family became licensed foster parents during the COVID shutdown, providing a home to two young children (one of which was a medically fragile infant). I am CPR/first aid certified and fully vaccinated and boosted. I received a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Eastern Michigan University. In my spare time I love to garden, read, snuggle babies, and hike with my family in nature.