Pacifica’s Team
Midwives
Cindy Lara Haag (she, her) Lm, CPM, Director, Co-Founder
Cindy has been a Licensed Midwife attending community births since 1990. After completing her training at Maternidad La Luz, a freestanding birth center and midwifery school in Texas, she accepted a position as a staff midwife and then as clinical director at the birth center. During her seven years there, she provided full scope midwifery care and supervised students and midwives.
In 1998, Cindy gave birth at home to her daughter, Elia. In 2000, she moved to the Bay Area where she was a founding midwife of a Marin birth center and began her own home birth practice in the East Bay. In 2012, she co-founded and opened Pacifica Family Maternity Center. Throughout her midwifery career, she has attended about 1500 births. She is fluent in Spanish and English and committed to making midwifery care accessible to all families.
esther healey (she/they) LM, CPM
Esther realized she was supposed to be a midwife in college after she learned she wasn’t supposed to be a Mechanical Engineer. They dove into the birth world as a doula in 2006 and completed a three year home birth apprenticeship, graduated from the National College of Midwifery, and became a Licensed and Certified Professional Midwife in 2011. Since then, she birthed two children at home, completed the Women’s Functional and Integrative Medicine Professional Training Program in 2019, where she now offers holistic healthcare to non-pregnant people, and maintained a home birth, IUI, and newborn CranioSacral practice.
Esther’s life’s work is rooted in dismantling systems of oppression. They strive to be present in every moment and honor their relationships through mindful listening and dialogue.
Students
audrey dombroski (she/her) MD student midwife
Audrey has always had a passion for reproductive health and birth work. She graduated from medical school in 2017 with the intention of becoming an OB/GYN. While in school, her path to personal healing led her to the world of herbal medicine. Shortly after, she trained to become a clinical herbalist. Her love of midwifery began after working with midwives for the birth of her first child and that appreciation has continued to grow up until the home birth of her second child. She is currently enrolled as a student midwife at the Midwives College of Utah. Audrey believes in supporting families in making informed decisions about their childbirth experiences. She is passionate about diversifying midwifery and increasing accessibility of midwifery care to BIPOC communities.
Sonia Lizama (she/her) student midwife
Pacifica is pleased to introduce Sonia, who will be joining us as a new part-time student. Sonia has apprenticed with Evaly and will be a wonderful addition to our team.
Sonia is a full-spectrum doula and student midwife currently enrolled at Midwives College of Utah. She is of Salvadoran descent and is fluent in English and Spanish. Sonia believes the perinatal period is a sacred and transformative time, and she is committed to providing informed, quality care to everyone.
We look forward to having Sonia as part of our Pacifica community.
Administrators
CARLEE ANN BROWN (she/her) LM, CPM Administrative & Clinical coordinator
Carlee Ann's passion for reproductive health and the perinatal period led her to become a Doula in 2009. Simultaneously, she received her Massage Therapy License and specialized in prenatal and postpartum massage. She studied Biology, Kinesiology, and Holistic Health at San Francisco State University and began growing her midwifery career while attending births as a Doula in home, birth center, and hospital settings.
Carlee Ann graduated from Bastyr University in 2015 with a Master of Science in Midwifery and has been a proud member of the Pacifica Team ever since. In addition to midwifery, she teaches childbirth education, sibling preparation and parenting classes. Currently, she is taking a break from midwifery to focus on being a mama, but remains part of the Pacifica team.