Jana was born at home in Tucson, Arizona, and was drawn to birth from a young age. She grew up between Tucson and living in various countries globally. She completed an intensive training at a high-volume birth center on the border over 20 years ago. She is an RN with 8 years experience in a Level III NICU, and brings this skill with newborn assessment to her midwifery work.

Jana obtained her Masters’ degree in nurse-midwifery from Frontier Nursing University in 2016, and worked at the Flagstaff Birth Center for 5 years before starting her own homebirth and holistic health practice. She has attended over 500 births in the home, birth center, and hospital setting and recently helped co-found the Flagstaff Birth Collective.

Jana completed Aviva's Women's Functional and Integrative Health Professional Training Program in 2021 and is enjoying incorporating that wealth of knowledge into her integrative health practice. She values the midwifery model of care, evidence-based practice, true informed consent, connecting with clients and creating a safe space where they can have time to ask questions, be involved in their care, and share the decision-making process for their own bodies and births.

Jana enjoys cooking and baking, yoga, travel, cross-cultural experiences, and cherishes time in nature. She is married to Bruce, a yoga teacher and artist, and they have a beautiful twelve-year old son named Jai, who was born at home.