The Trauma Informed Care Experience

The project focused on providing trauma informed care training to staff members to address allegations of hurtful, aggressive, and derogatory comments made towards foster youth in care. The primary goal was to educate staff on how to realize, recognize, respond, and prevent re-traumatization of these vulnerable individuals.

Improving Birth Outcomes through Midwife Workforce Expansion

The aim of this project was to assess the strengths and limitations of student teaching for
midwife-led clinical practices in California through an anonymous survey. Decades of research
shows that midwives dramatically decrease maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality in labor.
and postpartum. As of 2020, in the US there are approximately 4 midwives per every 1,000 live
births. According to the American College of Nurse Midwives, to be on par with other
high-income countries with better outcomes, we need to aim for a minimum of 25 midwives per