About Hillary

Hillary is an advanced certified DONA birth doula and a Lamaze certified childbirth educator who has lived in the SW Indiana area since 2012. She has a Ph.D. in Medical Anthropology and a Master’s degree in Public Health both from Case Western Reserve University. She loves working with all types of families to help them have their best birth and postpartum experience, no matter what their preferences are, and teaching families all of their options. Since founding the Doula Group of Evansville in 2014, Hillary has had a wide variety of professional experiences both as a doula and anthropologist, including being invited to speak at hospitals and conferences about doulas, cultural barriers to breastfeeding, culture and childbirth education, reaching & serving adolescents, and obstetric violence. In 2021, she co-authored with Dr. Angela Castaneda, a chapter titled “Doulas as Witnesses to Obstetric Violence” in the edited volume Obstetric Violence: Realities, and Resistance from around the World. Hillary served as president of the board of directors at DONA International in 2023. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her partner Andrew, their two children, and her adorable dog, Buzz.