Have you dreamed about what life would be like as a midwife? Or imagined yourself counseling people on pregnancy care, catching babies in the middle of the night, and swaddling babies in the postpartum?

Are you a current midwifery student looking for a higher paced clinical placement site?

Have you dreamed of living an adventure on the border of the U.S. and Mexico while learning midwifery skills and developing your Spanish skills?

Have you considered a clinical placement at Maternidad La Luz?
Maternidad La Luz is a unique birth center and a famous midwifery training site located in El Paso TX on the border of the US and Mexico. It has been open since 1987 and has helped over 15,000 babies come into the world.

Maternidad La Luz is a unique place and offers students the chance to learn skills they won't learn in any other midwifery clinic in the United States.​

At Maternidad La Luz, Students Receive:

  • Direct support and teaching from multiple preceptors
  • The chance to work in a culturally diverse setting that is a primarily Spanish-speaking environment
  • The skills necessary to practice in a clinical midwifery setting
  • The opportunity to connect, network, and learn with other midwifery students from all over the United States (and the world)
  • Assistance and guidance completing midwifery paperwork and skills signoffs​​​

Maternidad La Luz is Looking for Students Who:

  • Are passionate about working in culturally diverse environment
  • ​Looking for the opportunity to learn midwifery in a clinical setting
  • Want to learn medical and midwifery Spanish conversational skills
  • Can bring a good attitude and new ideas to the team
  • Are willing to work hard and do their best
  • Have prior birth experience and want to build up their knowledge and skills

Goals for Our Student Midwives

The goals of the birth center as a clinical placement site are to provide students with the foundation of knowledge and clinical experience to become midwives, which include:
  • To promote and support the continuation of direct-entry midwifery as an essential and viable option for women wanting to birth outside the hospital system and for women wanting to become midwives
  • To provide a strong foundation based on the Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) Core Competencies
  • To provide clinical experience necessary to meet the requirements for licensure by the State of Texas and certification by the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM)
  • To provide complete midwifery care based on a midwifery model using the protocols and regulations of the Texas Birth Center Laws, the Texas Midwifery Standards, and MLL protocols
  • To provide an atmosphere where students can learn, gain confidence in their skills and grow professionally and personally as midwives
  • To promote the bond of comradery, trust, and support of midwives for midwives
  • To encourage student awareness of the politics of the profession of midwifery on a local, national, and international level
  • To foster an understanding of the importance of self-regulation and self-evaluation in the form of peer review