La Tonia Bussell-Packard

Mentor

La Tonia is a queer Black femme who supports pregnant and parenting families as a traditional midwife, doula, and peer mental health specialist. They are currently a FAN mentor at Cooper House and a Peer Support Specialist at Perinatal Support Washington. La Tonia began working with families in 2016 as a doula and childbirth educator and quickly learned that parents and young children were missing and craving support for all the emotional changes and challenges that arise when parenting babies and young children. La Tonia has been supporting and advocating for communities and families for the past ten years. In all their roles, La Tonia uses an anti-oppressive and social justice lens and is especially focused on serving BIPOC and QTPOC communities. They have an educational background in anthropology and received their Bachelor of Arts and Science from University of Washington and trained as a midwife at Birthwise Midwifery School.