Earth Birth

Rachel Zaslow

Co-Founder and Director

Rachel is a midwife who seeks interdisciplinary approaches to bridging gaps between culture and medicine. She holds a masters in Performance Studies and is pursuing a PhD in Women’s and Gender Studies. She teaches courses in Women’s Health, War and Trauma as well as the intersections between Narrative and Medicine. Her midwifery training began in Ghana, West Africa. Rachel is the founder of the New York City Volunteer Doula Program as well as Young Mothers Strong Voices, a community based theater company for young women to share their stories of motherhood.