Britt (Bee) Jackson, CPM, LM
She/her

I’m Bee, and my calling to midwifery began with the birth of my third and last daughter. I became a mother at a young age and experienced the traditional healthcare system without much knowledge of pregnancy, birth, or how my experience of each would impact my journey into motherhood. During my last pregnancy, I had this drive (that at that time, I had no idea where it came from) to do things differently. I chose a midwife-attended unmedicated birth for my last birth and left that birth feeling so powerful, transformed, and deeply proud of myself.

I experienced yet another beautiful transformation in 2016 after attending my first out-of-hospital birth. The patience, autonomy, reverence, strength, and absolute fierceness I witnessed moved me so deeply, and I walked away knowing with complete certainty that this was where I wanted to be.

I began training to become a midwife through the traditional apprenticeship model at a busy birth center in Minneapolis, MN. One of the things I am most grateful for about apprenticing in a high-volume setting like a birth center was the opportunity to care for many families from all walks of life, and to attend many more births than was required for me to graduate. This experience taught me the ancient art of midwifery while allowing me to develop a very strong clinical skillset that I am able to lean on in the rare event that it is needed.

After sitting my board examination and obtaining my CPM and LM credentials, I opened my own home birth practice and practiced for two years before joining my dear friends and colleagues to create Community Birth Twin Cities. As one of two Black midwives practicing in the home birth setting in Minnesota, I see midwifery through a different lens and have found that my commitments to community activism and justice have really walked hand in hand with midwifery. I believe that our identities and lived experiences are deeply relevant to our health, and should be relevant to our healthcare as well. My deepest commitments are to serve my community with integrity, radical acceptance of the families I work with, and to make community midwifery care accessible to all.

Outside of midwifery, I am a mother, wife, artist, activist, and a generally quiet, observative human! I love Netflix documentaries, historical fiction novels, and 90’s music, and live in Minneapolis with my wife, our three daughters, and a ball python named Peter.

Professional Qualifications & Associations

• Certified Professional Midwife credential (CPM)

• Licensed Traditional Midwife, MN Board of Medical Practice (LM)

• Member & volunteer, Queer Birth Project

• Member, MN Council of Certified Professional Midwives

• Member, MN Healing Justice Network

• Founder & Executive Director, Black Home Birth Initiative

• Member, National Association of Certified Professional Midwives

• Former board member, The Childbirth Collective

Sasha Bariffe, LM, CPM, CCM, IBCLC

She/they

Sasha is a dedicated midwife and lactation consultant with an unwavering commitment to providing culturally affirming and compassionate care to individuals during their childbearing years. As an Afro-Latinx Certified Community Midwife, Sasha actively strives to listen without judgment and responds to the complex needs of each individual with respect, dignity, and kindness.

Fueled by her passion to improve birth outcomes in America for Black and Indigenous people, Sasha's "why" has always been to ensure everyone, regardless of gender, race, socioeconomic status, or body size, has access to affirming care. She recognizes that racism and unchecked biases contribute to the worst birth outcomes in the nation for these groups, and her work is committed to changing this.

With over two decades of experience in the healthcare field, Sasha began her journey as a certified nursing assistant and education as a practical nurse before discovering her calling in birth work. She has since earned the highest accreditation a healthcare professional can in lactation, the International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) credential in 2022, and completed rigorous midwifery training to become a Certified Professional Midwife, and is licensed in the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Sasha's ability to be present and attentive to the unique concerns of each individual she works with is grounded in her belief that all people, regardless of their background, deserve to feel valued and heard when it comes to their healthcare needs. Her mission is to continue to provide compassionate, personalized care to individuals and families throughout their childbearing years.

During Sasha’s free time she can be found tending to her indoor and outdoor gardens, creating digital art or spending time with her two dimple cheeked children, loving partner and jumbo-sized dog. 

Professional Qualifications & Memberships

• Certified Professional Midwife Credential (CPM)

• Licensed Midwife (WI), Licensed Traditional Midwife (MN)

• Member of MN Healing Justice Network

• Member of MN Council of Certified Professional Midwives

• Member National Association of Certified Professional Midwives

• Board member, Black Home Birth Initiative

• Member National Black Midwives Alliance

• Member WI Midwives Guild

Marz Lovejoy, Student Midwife
She/her

Marz is a mother of three curious children, a dynamic artist, founder of And Still We Ride, and student-midwife dedicated to cultivating sustainable and equitable community practices for marginalized folks. With a deep commitment to justice, she integrates birthwork, food sovereignty, and biking to cultivate healthier, more resilient communities. In addition to her work with And Still We Ride, Marz launched a grassroots awareness campaign raising more than $50,000 for Black and Brown Maternal Health organizations, spearheaded The Black Utopia, a 96-page publication created solely by Black creatives, and sits on the board of the Black Home Birth Initiative, working toward expanding access to safe and culturally relevant home birth options for Black birthing people. Marz is currently focused on prenatal appointments, finalizing her organization’s nonprofit status, and writing a curriculum for youth centered on biking basics and its practical, environmental, and cultural relevance. She lives in St. Paul, MN, is happily engaged to her partner, Tai, and can’t wait to be catching babies in the future!

Winifred Burton, Student Midwife
She/her

Winifred's been an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant since 2010, done postpartum work in a small community hospital birth center, worked in a level IV NICU, and spent five years at Oslo University Hospital Ullevål in the pediatrics department, focusing on infant feeding and non-invasive respiratory support. She believes that CPMs are critical to the future of better birth outcomes in the United States and in 2023 her midwifery journey brought her back to the US, and currently to Minneapolis, where she has had student clinical placement in a freestanding community birth center, and other homebirth practices.