KATHY BRADLEY, IBCLC, CCE, CD

Lead Instructor

Bringing 30 years of teaching experience into the “classroom”, Kathy engages with students and empowers them to become skilled providers. Kathy is a Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Certified Childbirth Educator and Certified Doula who has been serving expectant families for over 30 years, and training health professional for 25 years. She is the owner of Childbirth Concierge, mother of five children and grandmother to 4 busy grandsons.

AKHMIRI SEKHR-RA, CCC

Instructor

Akhmiri Sekhr-Ra has been a Childbirth Attendant for over thirty years and is the Chief Family Development Officer/Health Systems Navigator with the Cultural Wellness Center  in MN where she supports individuals who are interacting with the health care system.  Giving back to the community, she is a board member for “Everyday Miracles,” a doula service in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul. She is a board member for the Minnesota Breastfeeding Coalition, and a a co-chair for Integrated Care for High-Risk Pregnancies (ICHRP) “This work is very close to my heart. My work as Perinatal Educator grounds me by putting me so close to creation and the creative forces. I carry myself in a spiritual way, and talk to birthing families from my heart about the birthing experience.” The Mission of the Cultural Wellness Center is to “unleash the power of people to heal themselves and build community.”  This is her life’s work, because individualism, loss of community and culture is what makes a person sick.