(440) 429-6816
mamaacass@gmail.com
Experience
Full Spectrum Birth worker, Cleveland OH
January 2017-present
Provide emotional and educational support to birthing and dying people
Founding Member, LOOP cooperative
2020-present
Develop policies and procedures for LOOP daily operations
Craft and execute long-term development plan
Founding Member & Moderator, Reparations Now
Cleveland
June 2020-present
Assist with development of network structure
Moderator for Direct Action/Mutual Aid working group
Co-Founder & Volunteer Coordinator, Northeast Ohio
Doula Collective
2014-present
Recruit doula volunteers and coordinate volunteer activities
Primary liaison between families interested in doula services and volunteer base
Volunteer birth and postpartum doula
Movement Instructor, Abide Yoga, Cleveland OH
PRESENT
Support people in gentle, accessible movement, offering nourishing space for discomfort, stillness, reflection.
Red Basket Farm, Peninsula OH —market employee
2012-2018
Marketing, selling produce, sharing recipes and local food information.
Building community.
Spice of Life Catering Co, Cleveland — Assistant Event Planner
2008 – OCTOBER 2012
Planned and executed large scale events, scheduling and staffing.
Connecting people to their food source.
Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, OH—Patient Care Assistant
2004-2008
Provided basic patient care including vital signs and assistance in activities of daily living. Offered emotional support to both the pediatric patient and their parents.
Skills
Multi-tasking
Thinking ahead
Grounded support
Awareness
Delegation
Radical honesty
Education
Movement for Trauma OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2020
Trained in the impact of traumatic stress on physiology, tissues and brain
Learned how to resource clients towards greater resilience through identification of the effects of trauma using a biopsychosocial lens
Financially Fierce MARCH 2020
Learned body-based tools and strategies using polyvagal theory
Traumatic Stress and the Breath JANUARY 2020
Trained in basic breathing biomechanics, biochemistry, interpersonal connection, emotional isolation and the impact on our breathing habits
Ellipsis Institute’s Finding Freedom: White Women Taking
On Our Own White Supremacy MARCH 2019
Cleveland State University, Cleveland OH 2005
General studies
International University Of Nursing, St Kitts JANUARY 2007 – OCT 2007
One year of studies towards a bachelor in nursing
Cuyahoga Community College 2002-2005
Post Secondary Enrollment, General Studies.
References
Hope Hood
Owner, Abide Yoga Studio
hope.abideyoga@gmail.com
216.379.0626
Erin McCardle
Founder, Reparations Now
reparations.now.cle@gmail.com
216.512.2399