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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.

 
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