She founded Milkies alongside her mother, Renee Callanan. Together, the mother-daughter team created a patented product, The Milk Saver, which enables breastfeeding mothers to collect milk from the non-nursing side during a breastfeeding or pumping session. Helen lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and two sons. She is an advocate for the Human Milk Banking Association of America and spends a lot of time traveling the country to attend tradeshows and breastfeeding conferences.