Being Born: The Doula's Role
Jewel Hernandez is a certified doula (with DONA - Doulas of North America), and a midwifery intern (Nizhoni Institute of Midwifery). She received her bachelor's degree in Studio Art from the College of St. Rose, and was the illustrator for a previous Hohm Press book, Rosie the Shopping Cart Lady. Jewel has been passionate about childbirth since the birth of her first child, twenty-five years ago. To date she has attended over 250 births, and she continues to amazed and awed by the process.R. Michael Mithuna is an Arizona artist, specializing in watercolors. He graduated with a degree in Fine Arts from Arizona State University. His work has been featured in galleries in Scottsdale and in Northern Arizona. He is a 5th Dan Aikido Sensei.