Meet our team of doulas below!
HMHB Doula Team

Chelisse Okamura
Birth and Postpartum Doula

Amber Ward
Birth and Postpartum Doula

Sarah Michal Hamid
Birth and Postpartum Doula

Jasmine Merritt
Birth and Postpartum Doula

Ebony Smith
Birth Doula
I am Ebony an certified birth professional. Decicated to UPLIFTING and EMPOWERING families through their pregnancy journey. As a certified Birth Doula, Trauma-Informed Prenatal Yoga Instructor, and Birth Photographer I provided a holistic and healing approach through your pregnancy and beyond. Often times women not only birth children but during the process birth a new version of themselves. I have years of experience that will help EMPOWER YOU to have a DYNAMIC BIRTH! Let me support YOU during this LIFE CHANGING JOURNEY.

Tiana Hodzic
Birth & Postpartum Doula
Hi I’m Tiana! I am in love with the human experience– the raw, the real, the intimate. I have found that leaning into the juiciness of our experiences is a doorway into aliveness and freedom, as well as a path back home to ourselves. Pregnancy, childbirth, and the transition into parenthood are experiences that are perhaps some of the most raw, pushing us to our edge. This is what drew me to becoming trained as a labor and postpartum doula as well as a prenatal yoga instructor. I feel called to work within these spaces, inviting the reconnection of the self to our bodies and intuition. I believe in empowered choices and following the lead of the birthing person in order to be of service in the best way I can. I feel honored to hold space and be a support on this beautiful journey. When not working, I love to sing, dance, play in the water, hike, paint, read, travel, and spend time with those I love.

Danielle Willis
Birth and Postpartum Doula
My name is Danielle. I’m a mother of 4 and come from a huge Trinidadian family where I began my love for pregnancy, birth, and children. My grandmother had 9 children whom she birthed at home at her house was always filled with love and laughter. I was always so excited when our family was blessed a new life and even more when I began to have children of my own. Through my motherhood journey I realized how important having a village of support was and through my 3/4 traumatic birth experiences I was pulled to doula hood with a drive to help other mothers have an advocate and a support person to help them have the birth experiences our bodies were made to have. I was always at my friends and families sides for advice or even just an ear as they entered motherhood. I am also a photographer and found that even my love for photography leaned towards my path for helping mothers as I captured maternity, birth and milestone photos. Once I finally took a leap to become a trained doula as my path began to ensure me that this was what I was meant to do. I am excited to continue my journey to be with mothers during this sacred time in their lives.

Tanya Smith-Johnson
Birth and Postpartum Doula, HMHB Policy Director

Pennie Bumrungsiri
Birth and Postpartum Doula, HMHB Program Director

Jacquelyn Ingram
Postpartum Doula, HMHB Program Director

Kari Wheeling
Birth and Postpartum Doula, HMHB Clinical Services Director
Births Attended
Postpartum Families Served
Need a doula?
Email: info@hmhb-hawaii.org
Hours: M-F: 8am – 4pm