Meet our team of perinatal mentors and doulas

Amber Edmunds
Lead Doula & Mentor

Christy Cozby
Executive Director, Bilingual Mentor/Doula

Jishawna Clark
Perinatal Mentor

Angela Bejarano
Bilingual Mentor, Program Specialist

Emily Tokarczyk
Mentor & Postpartum Specialist

Majo Bastidas
Bilingual Mentor & Doula

Avonna Garth
Perinatal Mentor

Jaime Horst
Lamaze Instructor

Nyota Robinson
Perinatal Mentor

Our Partners
Community Partners
AHN Braddock Family Medicine
Homewood Early Learning Hub
Homewood-Brushton Family Support Center
Kid2Kid
Penn State Nutrition Links
PretermConnect
Reading Ready Pittsburgh
South Hills Interfaith Movement
Treasure House
​Trying Together
Western PA Diaper Bank
​Women for a Healthy Environment
Funding Partners
Awesome Pittsburgh
​Forbes Fund
Heinz Endowments
​PCCD
Pittsburgh Foundation
​PNC
Sarah Heinz House

Our Community

At the heart of MAYA are the parents that join us for class. Each parent makes a unique contribution to our community of learning, advocacy, and support. MAYA exists to bridge the gaps - gaps in knowledge, power, community, and compassion. We bridge the gap in order to make birth more equitable. Our community is made of parents of color, who suffer disproportionately from maternal and infant mortality and morbidity; non-English-speaking latinx parents; single parents; parents in recovery or active addiction; parents of limited resources; and parents in search of a community where they are accepted, heard, and lifted up. 

Our Community Gives Back

After participating in our classes and doula services, parents want to support and empower others. We are thrilled to have completed our first Community Internship Training, in which program participants trained to become community-based mentors and are on the road to becoming community-based doulas. You can now find these amazing parents teaching MAYA classes and providing prenatal and postpartum support to new parents.