Your Leadership Circle
Meet the folks who volunteer their time to ensure that CFBN runs smoothly.
Our Team
Sarah Foster | She/They
Co-Chair, Community Engagement
Sarah Foster is a nurturing force of nature—a BADT-trained Full Spectrum Doula, a Childbirth Educator, and a deeply committed Repro Justice Advocate. Rooted in Central Florida, Sarah offers intuitive, holistic support to individuals and families, guiding them through the full spectrum of reproductive experiences. When she's not engaging in transformative birth conversations, she’s recharging with friends over Mexican food or finding balance and serenity in her garden.
As the Community Outreach Coordinator and Co-Chair of CFBN, Sarah's purpose is to cultivate vibrant, meaningful connections within the community, reminding others to align with their inner wisdom and values. She believes that when we connect to our true selves, we empower our overall wellbeing and embrace life’s journey with authenticity and strength.
Sarah’s path began more than 20 years ago when she became a teen mother, relying on the intuition and wisdom of the strong women in her community. She witnessed how deeply our lived experiences affect how we’re treated during pregnancy and birth, and how that treatment shapes our ability to parent in harmony with our truest selves.
Currently, Sarah channels her advocacy through her leadership at CFBN and her volunteer work with Black in Repro (BIR), combining both roles to champion reproductive justice for Black individuals and families. Through these efforts, she nurtures a strong network of support, creating spaces where people can reclaim their narratives and receive the holistic, compassionate care they deserve. Guided by her own experiences and the belief that every person’s journey should be honored, Sarah is committed to ensuring that everyone—regardless of their background—has access to judgment-free, nurturing support.
Tamara Niedermann | She/Her
Co-Chair, Membership Officer
tamara is a trained doula, herbalist, and body literacy educator, and she provides sexual and reproductive health education, full spectrum doula support, herbal preparation, and placenta processing.
through the kindred feminine she serves folks throughout the entirety of their reproductive years — from menarche to menopause — via evidence based education, unbiased and judgment free support, and intentional community.
she is passionate about building intentional community. whether it be birth and allied health professionals, or through pregnancy, lactation, or moon circles, tamara hopes that everyone will find a circle of understanding and kinship.
Aelis Rivera | She/Her
Secretary & Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Aelis is a Queer, Bilingual, BIPOC Student Midwife studying with Commonsense Childbirth School of Midwifery. She is a certified Full Spectrum Doula, a certified Perinatal and Childbirth Educator. They’ve have served pregnant folks in our community since 2017 and has been with Moonrise Birth Collective as a Student and Birth Assistant since it’s opening in 2023. She serves as our Secretary, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer.
Aelis has been a Child Abuse, Domestic Violence and LBGTQIA+ Survivor Advocate for over 20 years. As a survivor of all these abuses she found it imperative to support other survivors. Originally from the Bronx, NY she worked very hard to educate and support not only abuse survivors but churches, schools and teens in prevention, safety and signs of these abuses. Going into reproductive care was a natural segway for her as she has been able to use her years of advocacy work and incorporate it with her Full Spectrum work to provide accessible, inclusive and respectful care, education and resources to everyone in all aspects of their reproductive journeys.
Nicolle Maldonado Arendt, LM She/Her/Ella
Clinical Consultant
Nicolle Maldonado Arendt, LM (she/her/ella) is a Puerto Rican Florida Licensed Midwife that has been attending births since 2018 across both coasts of Central Florida. Nicolle serves as the Clinical Consultant of the Central Florida Birth Network, providing guidance for CFBN initiatives from the clinical perspective while navigating professional and collaborative approaches to tackling intersectional issues with attaining equitable healthcare.
Nicolle passionately serves her community through her home birth practice, Mother of Thousands Midwifery. The philosophy behind Mother of Thousands Midwifery is to, "leave a little love everywhere you go," by using education along with unwavering support to help families uncover and unleash their power as they explore the world of growing a baby and becoming parents.
Nicolle's path to midwifery began at 5 years old when her mother achieved her successful VBAC with the birth of her younger sister, but she began walking in midwifery many years later after witnessing a close friend and doula client receive neglectful care during her childbirth experience that resulted in her almost losing her life due to racial bias. Nicolle has since relied on the intuition instilled within her lineage as the great-great-granddaughter of a Puerto Rican traditional midwife and the knowledge passed onto her from each midwife she has learned from, to advocate for each family she serves through informed decision making to maintain a safe and inclusive birth experience.
Nicolle spends her free time enjoying her family, gardening, hiking, learning new things, traveling, and participating as an active member of Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority, Incorporated.
Ana Munoz | She/Her
Marketing Officer
Ana Munoz is the owner and founder of Mind & Body Motherhood. Her mission in life is to bring balance back to the body and mind as you navigate your childbearing years. She does this through services such a massage therapy, hypnosis & doula support.
With over 10 years of experience serving the birthing community, she has seen the effects stress, and overwhelm have on the body, mind, and pregnancy overall. However, it doesn’t have to be that way. You can navigate pregnancy with a well-supported body, mind, and birth team.
Ana is excited and proud to be a member of the Central Florida Birth Network and bring awareness to all the amazing providers working alongside her to shift and transform the way you navigate your childbearing year.
Do you want to get involved?
CFBN is still looking to fill some roles in our leadership circle. If you think you might be interested in filling any of the following roles, please consider reaching out to us.
Grant and Fundraising Officer
Events Officer
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