Meet our team of perinatal mentors and doulas
Amber Edmunds
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Angela Bejarano
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Avonna Garth
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Our Partners
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Community Partners
AHN Braddock Family Medicine
EAT Initiative Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center Homewood Early Learning Steering Committee Kid2Kid Penn State Nutrition Links PretermConnect Reading Ready Pittsburgh South Hills Interfaith Movement Treasure House Western PA Diaper Bank Women for a Healthy Environment And our Pittsburgh: A Safer Childbirth City Community Fund Collaborators: Brown Mamas Elephant Song Birth Collective Kangaroo Birthing & Maternity Concierge The Birthing Hut |
Funding Partners
2021:
The Pittsburgh Foundation Heinz Endowments Opportunity Fund WHAMglobal Community Fund 
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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 all 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.