Postpartum Doulas

Maria is a retired teacher and a certified counselor who has experience teaching parenting classes for Northside ISD. Maria has taken her love of working with parents and children and has completed both the Birth Doula and Postpartum Doula training through DONA International. She is currently working as a postpartum doula in the San Antonio, area supporting and guiding new mothers and their partners through their postpartum experience. Bilingual in English/Spanish

Tina Castellanos has been working to empower mothers and families since 1999. Through her work as a La Leche League Leader she has assisted thousands of families in getting their first weeks and months off to a great start. Tina’s love of working with mothers and babies led her to her career as a Doula, Childbirth Educator and Lactation Consultant. Tina is a DONA Certified Birth Doula and a Postpartum Doula. She is a Bradley® Natural Childbirth Educator. She continues to work with LLL and is proud to have earned her IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant). Her greatest accomplishment by far is being the mother of three wonderful children. Tina feels honored to be welcomed into the most important experiences that a woman, man and family will ever have…the birth of a child. She is awed each time she watches a new life come into this world.