Hi, my name is Becca. I’m a mama to a beautiful baby girl. I became a certified breastfeeding counselor during my own breastfeeding journey. Like many first time moms, I faced my own struggles and had to learn to navigate through new experiences. As a CBC, my main goal is to provide individualized guidance and education for mothers during their own breastfeeding journeys. It’s a very common misconception that breastfeeding is simply physical, rather than a spiritual, emotional, and mental experience. I hope to bring every mother the confidence to trust their own intuition in raising their families.

Maria is a graduate from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a Bachelor of Science in Public Health.  She is currently a graduate assistant for the School of Public Health supporting projects involving household food insecurity and breastfeeding amongst mothers and infants in Clark County. Her work as a graduate assistant involving breastfeeding encouraged her to pursue a stronger role supporting Nevada families in need of lactation services. Maria is a Full Spectrum Lactation Educator in training, eager and ready to create change for babies and families! Her experience as a mother of three who breastfed has provided insightful knowledge, helping her understand the support families truly need. 

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Maria's passion is to educate, inform, and empower our communities to help improve maternal-child health outcomes in Nevada.

Cristina Hernandez (ella/she/her), was born and raised in Las Vegas and her people come from Mexico and Cuba.  She graduated from UNLV with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 2005, graduate certificate in Women's Studies in 2012, and in 2020 received her Master’s degree in Public Health. She has been a doula since 2017, certified as a full spectrum doula via Birthing Advocacy Doula Trainings (BADT) and recently received her certification in Full Spectrum Lactation Education from BADT 2025.  Currently, she is a Project Manager for EARN-FS (Early Responsive Nurturing Care for Food Security) at the UNLV School of Public Health in the Department of Social and Behavioral Health. This project is researching maternal and child health & nutrition within the West Las Vegas Promise Neighborhood.

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She is active in her community by being on the board for Heart and Sol Collective and the Treasurer for the Nevada Breastfeeding Coalition.