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. She then worked as a midwife in Mexico for a year. 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 1600 births. She is fluent in Spanish and English and committed to making midwifery care accessible to all families.
audrey dombroski (she/her) MD, midwife
Audrey has always been passionate about reproductive health and birth work. She graduated from medical school in 2017 intending to become an OB/GYN, but her own healing journey drew her to herbal medicine, leading her to train as a clinical herbalist. Her love for midwifery began with the birth of her first child attended by midwives, and deepened during the home birth of her second. Audrey completed her midwifery education at Midwives College of Utah and here at Pacifica. She is committed to helping families make informed, empowered decisions about their birth experiences and is passionate about diversifying the midwifery profession and expanding access to midwifery care within BIPOC communities. Audrey is excited to officially join the Pacifica team as a midwife this fall!
MICHELLE EDGAR (SHE/HER), LM
Michelle is a Licensed Midwife who has been serving bay area families seeking community birth and assisted conception services for 20 years. She fell in love with midwifery while navigating fertility and pregnancy care options during her own family-building process. A graduate of the National Midwifery Institute, she completed her training in a home birth practice and freestanding birth center. Informed choice is the foundation of the care Michelle provides. She is passionate about supporting people through the profound moments of bringing children into a family, and she is committed to expanding access to midwifery care. When she is not doing the work she loves, her happy place is being anywhere outdoors in our beautiful bay area, and spending time with her almost-grown kids, who were both welcomed into the world by midwives.
Students
Sonia Lizama (she/her) student midwife
Sonia began her birthwork journey in 2017 as a community doula, and shortly after attending births in this role, she felt called to pursue midwifery. Since January 2022, she has been enrolled at Midwives College of Utah. Her passion for midwifery care comes from the traditions carried by the women in her family, who for generations have offered support to pregnant and postpartum people in their communities. Sonia is honored to support birthing parents throughout the perinatal period, which she believes is a sacred and transformative time. Committed to providing informed, quality care, Sonia brings a calm, intuitive, and attentive presence to every family she supports.
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.