Presented by Midwife Christina Jemine, LM, CPM

Christina Jemine is a mother, midwife, motivational speaker, teacher and a children's book author. Before becoming a midwife and starting her practice at Black Sisters Midwifery Services, Christina served in the field of maternal-child health for over 10 years and has worked as a Mother-Baby and Pediatric nurse for 6 years at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, NY (her hometown). Christina loves teaching others about the beauty of birth and gets great joy from sharing her gift of learning with others. She is a graduate from The Florida School of Traditional Midwifery in Gainesville, Florida; a 3-Year Direct Entry Midwifery Program. 

Christina is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Black Sisters Birth Academy® formerly known as Black Sisters Birth Assistant Workshop; a program designed to train Black women in becoming birth assistants also known as a midwife's assistant. Her aim through this training is to have our families well-supported, healthy and thriving during birth, by increasing the amount of certified Black birth assistants who are richly-rooted in the conscious remembrance that BIRTH: It's what we DO.