Claudia (She/her) is a birth and clinic assistant with Roots who deeply values collaboration, and equity in client centered maternity care. Claudia is a graduate of Birthwise Midwifery School, was a DONA certified doula, and workshopped with the Minnesota Prison Doula Project. She loves messy stories, sunny morning births, grannies singing lullabies, the feeling of a baby moving in the belly, and has been supporting, and photographing pregnant folks since 2011. Before her work in maternity care, she was a photographer and holds a Bachelor's degree in Photography and Women & Gender studies from Columbia College Chicago. Claudia loves the country life and lives on a big ole farm in Scandia with her partner, two children, 4 cats, giant puppy Rainy, and bearded dragon. She loves propagating plants - let her know if you need some cause there are always babies everywhere.