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About Black Sisters Birth Academy®
Built for Us, By Us: Bridging the Gap in Clinical Birth Assistant Training.
Hi, I’m Christina Jemine, a certified professional midwife, I am dedicated to training the next generation of Black birth assistants with clinical precision.
My journey into midwifery started at the age of 16, when a close friend of mine gave me a book on healthcare professions that her mother got from a career fair. While skimming the pages, my eyes locked onto midwifery and from that moment on, I have been forever in awe of this profound art form of caring for families.
That book led me straight to the hospital floor. At the time, I was completely unaware that any other path existed to become a midwife; I thought nursing was my only bridge to midwifery. Thankfully, I found my way back home when I discovered the traditional midwifery route, and I never looked back.
After six years as a mother-baby nurse, I transitioned to community midwifery and quickly realized a glaring void: when I searched for a Black-led program to train my own birth assistant, the options simply didn’t exist.
I’ve learned that if you don’t see what you need, you must build it. So I did.
What began as a single workshop in 2019 evolved into a God-led commission. Just as Noah was instructed to build a place of shelter, He commissioned me to build a home for us: an ark of training and certification where our women are covered, prepared, and empowered for their calling. I didn’t ask for this work; I was commissioned to do it, and I answered the call.
The incredible souls I met during that first training literally moved me to create a space we could finally call our own—a bridge between the clinical precision I learned in the hospital and the traditional roots of community midwifery. I realized we needed a modern clinical pathway intentionally designed for us to grow and thrive.
Today, Black Sisters Birth Academy® stands as the first and only Black-owned and led birth assistant academy in the United States. I have successfully trained and certified birth assistants from California to Arkansas; proving that for our community and across the globe, BIRTH: It’s What We DO.
My programs work and serve as a natural first step into midwifery care for those ready to work competently and confidently alongside community midwives the way it used to be—hand in hand. It is my mission to help us amplify our ancestral gifts through a comprehensive, curriculum-based clinical bridge. I’ve built this bridge for you—all you have to do is cross it.
This path requires real commitment. If you are not prepared to do the work you are called to do, please do not apply. For those who are committed: Welcome home. Let’s get you certified.
Meet Your Instructor
Christina Jemine, LM, CPM
Founder & CEO of Black Sisters Birth Academy® l Birth Assistant Instructor
Christina is a licensed midwife, a certified professional midwife, a devoted mother, a children's book author, and the visionary behind Black Sisters Birth Academy®. With a foundation of over a decade in maternal-child health—including six years as a mother-baby and pediatric nurse at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York—she bridges the gap between advanced clinical standards and traditional birthwork for aspiring birth assistants seeking professional training. A graduate of the Florida School of Traditional Midwifery, Christina founded the first Black-owned birth assistant academy in the United States to prepare the next generation of birthworkers to lead with clinical precision and ancestral wisdom; proving that across the globe, BIRTH: It’s What We DO.
We have the power to embrace who we are, to choose our future, and change our world.
Mission
To equip the next generation of Black birth assistants with clinical precision and ancestral wisdom, providing community midwives with the reliable professional support necessary to sustain their practice and serve our families with excellence.
Vision
To build a national network of professionally trained Black birth assistants; eliminating the burden on midwives to carry the clinical load alone, and positioning every community birth team for safety and sustainability.
Our Motto
BIRTH: It's What We DO.
The Blueprint for Clinical Precision
Here at Black Sisters Birth Academy®, I do more than teach; I certify for safety. My curriculum, The Blueprint for Clinical Precision, is the only clinical framework designed specifically to meet the our academy standard for clinical readiness.
I bridge the gap by integrating your experience with the clinical competence that community midwives and freestanding birth centers require. By guiding you through the process of obtaining your external certifications: CPR, NRP, and IV Phlebotomy, and providing integrated training and certification in HIPAA, Bloodborne Pathogens, and OSHA, I help you move beyond theory.
This proven framework provides you with the legal, ethical, and clinical preparedness to function as an elite birth assistant from day one. You bring the experience and heart; I provide the specialized framework to sharpen it into a professional career.
The Black Sisters Birth Academy® Commitment Pledge
I acknowledge that birth is a sacred ancestral gift and a profound clinical responsibility.
I commit to the rigor of this training, understanding that my competence directly impacts the safety and sanctity of our birthing families. I pledge to honor the legacy of community midwifery, to stand side-by-side with our community midwives, and to show up fully with the clinical precsion required for the work I have been commissioned to do. I am ready to cross the bridge.
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From The Founder's Library
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My Mommy Makes Milk
Nurturing the Earliest Bonds through Storytelling.
My Mommy Milks Milk is a poetic, heart-centered narrative designed to bring awareness and normalcy to the beauty of breastfeeding, created for children and families alike.
Written by Midwife Christina Jemine, this work reflects a lifelong dedication to supporting our community from the very first breath and throughout their maternal-child journey.