Makina Table, MPH, CD (DTI)

Your new doula.

I provide evidence-based, culturally relevant support for the whole human. I am especially passionate about supporting women, birthing people and persons of color who are looking for a birth experience reflective of their experience in the world as a person of color. I love that being a doula is more of an educational and emotional role, and not as focused on the clinical components of pregnancy and labor—it allows me to genuinely connect with my families.

I serve all families.

After working in public health and education policy for 5 years in Washington, D.C. and New York City, I relocated to the east African country of Mozambique where I spent more than 2 years learning from and working alongside rural maternity nurses and traditional village midwives, or parteiras. I returned home to Atlanta in 2018, with a renewed desire to serve my own community.

It feels good to be home.

I trained as a birth doula with DONA in 2015 and am currently certified with Doula Trainings International (DTI). I earned a BA in African-American Studies and Chemistry from Howard University and a Master’s degree in Public Health (with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health) from George Washington University.