Our newest midwife, Rebeca Moretto, was introduced to midwifery at birth, in the Siler City Birth Center, where her mother was cared for by the wonderful midwives, including Maureen Darcey. Fourteen years later, she witnessed her younger brother’s birth and was awestruck by her mother’s power and control during the process, setting her on a winding journey towards a career in midwifery. She began her career in public health, working with underserved populations such as migrant farmworkers in North Carolina and other marginalized populations in New York, while earning her MPH in global health. While serving women in Latin America she became passionate about educating both providers and consumers about evidence-based maternity care, leading her to pursue certification as a birth and postpartum doula, a lactation counselor, and a Lamaze childbirth educator. After graduating from UNC School of Nursing in 2012, she had the opportunity to work at UNC Family Medicine as the Perinatal Nurse Coordinator and subsequently as a nurse at two other birthing centers in NC. She received her Masters degree in Nurse-Midwifery in May of 2017 from the ECU College of Nursing. She dreamed of working at WBWC while attending births here as a doula as well as receiving care herself and is thrilled that this dream has come true! Rebeca has two inquisitive, hilarious, and energetic children. When she’s not attending births, Rebeca still enjoys too much coffee, in addition to: lackadaisical runs with friends, spending time with all of her NC family, hiking, camping with her littles and her love, Justin, learning about herbs, drumming, reading, all the Netflix and BBC shows, and breakfast food in all its forms.