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PERINATAL INTEGRATED CARE FOR FAMILIES

Care that sees you.
Support that holds you.


EMBRACE is a spirit-led, clinical framework advancing maternal, infant, and family health through holistic, culturally affirming care — grounded in community and ancestral wisdom.

AS FEATURED IN

ZERO TO THREE

KTVU FOX 2

Maternal & Child Health Journal

Mission Local

HOW WE SHOW UP

Whole care, for the whole journey

01

Mental Health

1:1 and group therapy, culturally affirming perinatal mental health that meets women where they are. 

02

Community

Village-building and gathering. Spaces where mothers are seen, held, and never alone.

03

Linkage to Care

Warm hand-offs to the services, resources, and providers each family needs to thrive.

 

OUR MODEL OF CARE

Embracing one family at a time

Village Building

Full integration of family into prenatal care.

Safe Passage

Care for a population at highest risk during delivery

SOUL Care

Infrastructure that heals the healer, too.

Culturally Affirming

Facilitators who center Black Birthing experiences.

Postpartum Extension

Facilitators who center Black Birthing experiences.

Integrated Wellness

Mental health and holistic wellness, woven together.

MEET THE FOUNDERS

We are the ones we've been waiting for

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Melinda Fowler

CNM

EMBRACE PORTRAITS

Markita Barideaux

LCSW

EMBRACE PORTRAITS

Glamarys Acevedo

LCSW, IBCLC, MPH

EMBRACE PORTRAITS

Andrea Jackson

MD

"We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond."

— GWENDOLYN BROOKS

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