Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Maternal Mental Health
for Bay Area Moms
Bay Area perinatal mental health support for women of color - from fertility treatments, high-risk pregnancy, to the journey in later-in-life motherhood.
Mother Ma Nanay Inang Mommy Makuahine Induk Okaasan Madre Mai Tina Madre Mama Baa Eomma Me
Supporting Women Through Infertility, High-Risk Pregnancy & Later-in-Life Motherhood
Fertility Challenges
The two-week wait feels endless when you're over 36, fielding family questions about grandchildren while managing fertility appointments around your demanding schedule that they may or may NOT know about. Each cycle brings not just medical decisions, but conversations about treatments your family/friends don't understand and cultural expectations about timing that don't match your reality.
High-Risk Pregnancy
Every appointment means advocating for yourself and asking the "right questions" in rooms where you might be the only person who looks like you. You're tracking symptoms, learning medical terminology, while also updating medical staff about your concerns, carrying both your baby's wellbeing and the weight of being your own best advocate through complications your family may not fully grasp.
Later-in-Life
Mothering
Your immigrant parents made sacrifices a better life, never imagining your timeline to having a child would be in your late 30's/early 40's. Now you're balancing their cultural expectations with your timeline, figuring out how to honor both your culture and your own unique path to motherhood - often feeling caught between two worlds.
I'VE BEEN WHERE YOU ARE...
As a Bay Area woman of color who navigated infertility treatments, high-risk pregnancy, and postpartum challenges as a later-in-life mama, I understand this journey from the inside.
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I know what it's like to schedule fertility appointments that are imperative with timing and cancelling work meetings, to sit in weekly pregnancy monitoring sessions wondering if this will be the day they tell you to go straight to the hospital (again) to be monitored for an indefinite amount of time. I became a mother at 39 during COVID, managing medical decisions while trying to explain to family why nothing about this process could be managed by "relaxing and not worrying."
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Now I support later in life mamas like you through their reproductive journey and onward. Through fertility treatments, high-risk pregnancy fears, and the complex transition into postpartum life. With over a decade of experience and specialized training in perinatal mental health, I bring both professional expertise and lived understanding to the unique challenges Bay Area women of color face on this path.
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Whether you're deciding to go through with fertility treatments, managing high-risk pregnancy anxiety, or adjusting to postpartum life while balancing career and family expectations, it's important to talk about your journey and be heard by someone to someone who wholeheartedly GETS IT.
8 DIFFERENT SCENARIOS (you may be in)
Trying to conceive while everyone has opinions - You're tracking ovulation around work travel, fielding questions about when you'll "finally" have kids, and managing the monthly grief of negative tests while your younger colleagues announce their "surprises."
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Navigating fertility treatments in your late 30s - You're scheduling IUI or IVF appointments between client calls, researching success rates that decline with each birthday, and wondering if you waited too long while trying to explain to family why you can't "just relax."
Carrying the weight of pregnancy loss - You're processing miscarriage grief while maintaining your professional facade, deciding who to tell about your loss, and facing the decision of whether to try again or when to share the news if you do get pregnant.
Managing high-risk pregnancy anxiety - Every kick (or lack of kick) sends you spiraling, weekly monitoring appointments dictate your schedule, and you're preparing for early delivery while hoping you won't need to.
Advocating for yourself in medical spaces - You're the only person who looks like you in the fertility clinic waiting room, educating doctors about your concerns, and pushing back when you feel unheard.
Balancing cultural expectations with your choices - Your parents don't understand why you're spending money on fertility treatments, you're navigating traditional birth practices alongside modern medicine, and family keeps on saying "just give it to God and pray."
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Learning to mother, midlife - You built your identity around career success and stability, your body feels different at 36+, and you're wondering if you have the energy to keep up with an aging body and young child.
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Processing birth trauma or NICU experiences - Your delivery didn't go as planned, you're pumping
at the NICU, and you're managing the gap between the birth story you imagined and what actually happened. ALL WHILE TRYING TO STAY PRESENT.
Let's Connect
Please fill out the form and schedule your consult.​
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Think of our 30-minute consultation as a pause in your day - a chance to step back from managing everyone else's needs and focus on your own. We'll talk about what matters most to you right now, in this season of life. It's a simple first step - no pressure to have everything figured out.