Maternidad La Luz Staff and Faculty
Deborah J. Kaley, Administrative and Academic Director of Maternidad La Luz and Academic Faculty.
- Certified Professional Midwife; Licensed Midwife, Texas and New Mexico;
- NNR Instructor;
- MEAC Founding Member;
- Qualified Evaluator for NARM;
- BA in Psychology, Wayne State University in Detroit.
- Kaley has been practicing midwifery since 1981.
Mary Darling, Associate Clinical Director, Staff Midwife and Academic Faculty.
- Licensed Midwife in Texas and New Mexico, Certified Professional Midwife.
- Mary is a graduate of Maternidad La Luz and has been practicing midwifery since 2002.
Judith N. Lane, Assistant Academic Director, Academic Faculty and staff midwife.
- Certified Professional Midwife;
- Licensed Midwife in Texas;
- MPH in International Public Health, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
- She is a 2004 graduate of Maternidad La Luz.
Patricia Gimler Gurley, Associate Clinical Director, Staff midwife and Academic Faculty.
- Licensed Midwife in Texas.
- She is a graduate of the Maternidad La Luz program and has been practicing midwifery since 1999.
Andrea Ruizquez, Staff midwife.
- Bachelor of Social Work, Arizona State University.
- Certified Professional Midwife, licensed in Texas.
- March 2007 graduate of Maternidad La Luz.
Tania McCracken, Staff midwife.
- Certified Professional Midwife;
- Licensed Midwife in Texas; BS in Environmental Biology and Management, UC Davis.
- September 2008 graduate of Maternidad La Luz.
Jessica Kirkwood Weaver, Staff midwife
- Graduate of the Maternidad La Luz program.
- Jessica is licensed in Texas and has been practicing midwifery since 2009.
Ani Hagan, Academic Faculty.
- Licensed Midwife in Texas and New Mexico;
- Certified Professional Midwife.
- Ani has been practicing homebirth midwifery and has been a teacher at Maternidad La Luz since 2001.
Holli Berry, Academic Faculty.
- BS in Biology, University of Texas at El Paso;
- Chairperson of Science Department for El Paso High School;
- High School teacher in Physical Sciences, Biology, Anatomy and Physiology for 26 years.
- Holli has been teaching at Maternidad La Luz since 1999.
Diane Holzer, Academic Faculty.
- Certified Professional Midwife;
- Licensed Midwife, New Mexico and California;
- Physician Assistant, California. Former President of MANA.
- Diane has been practicing midwifery since 1983.
Katia Le Mone, Academic Faculty.
- MPH with an emphasis in Maternal and Child Health Care and Nutrition, Tulane University.
- Katia is a graduate of MLL and has been a teacher at the school since 1992.
- She currently has a homebirth practice in New Mexico.
Joyce Bradley, Academic Faculty.
- Bachelor of Science in Health and Community Service, New Mexico State University;
- Paramedic Instructor at Dona Ana Branch Community College and Eastern New Mexico University.
- Joyce has been teaching at MLL since 2005.
Veronica Ortega, LMT, Academic Faculty.
- Veronica is a licensed massage therapist and aromatherapist.
- She has been teaching at Maternidad La Luz since 2007.
Patti Ochoa, Administrative Assistant.
- Patti has been with the clinic since 1998.
Celia Ruiz, Auxiliary Staff housekeeping department.
- Celia has been with the clinic since 2005.
Josefina Estrada, Auxiliary Staff.
- Fina has been with the clinic since April 2006. She oversees the reception.
During the academic year other visiting educators and midwives come to teach at Maternidad La Luz. |
