Claudia Booker Memorial Midwife Scholarship

by Mercy In Action Vineyard, INC
Claudia Booker Memorial Midwife Scholarship
Claudia Booker Memorial Midwife Scholarship
Claudia Booker Memorial Midwife Scholarship
Claudia Booker Memorial Midwife Scholarship
Claudia Booker Memorial Midwife Scholarship
Claudia Booker Memorial Midwife Scholarship
Claudia Booker Memorial Midwife Scholarship
Claudia Booker Memorial Midwife Scholarship
Claudia Booker Memorial Midwife Scholarship
Claudia Booker Memorial Midwife Scholarship

Project Report | Jul 22, 2024
Featuring Tierra

By Jenny Fox | Project Assistant

Tierra
Tierra

Because of your generous support of Mercy In Action's Claudia Booker Memorial Midwife Scholarship Fund, we are delighted to tell you about Tierra, a worthy recipient of this scholarship, who successfully earned her Bachelor of Science in Midwifery degree as a graduate of our program in May 2024.  Tierra has also passed the NARM exam so she is now a Certified Professional Midwife, starting her professional career as a midwife!

Tierra entered our program with enthusiasm and vision to be an excellent midwife, especially ready to serve families of color.  She was the kind of student who was full of curiosity and determined to succeed in learning academics and clinical skills.  She sacrificed her comfort to travel to have the best training she could find and persevered through hardships, always keeping her eyes fixed on the goal of becoming a CPM. During the pandemic in 2021, Tierra temporarily placed her apprenticeship on hold while she had her own second baby, helped by Vicki and another local midwife in the Boise area to have a home birth. It was a joy to support her in this very personal way! 

 We are proud that Tierra graduated from our program because we believe she is and will continue to be a powerful agent of change for the good in maternity care. Your generosity makes it possible for us to provide the Claudia Booker Scholarship to future midwives like Tierra who will improve outcomes for the mothers, babies, and families who are most at risk.

Thank you for your continued support of the Claudia Booker Memorial Scholarship Fund.  Your donations make it possible to increase access to midwifery education access the populations who are suffering the highest rates of maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity around childbirth in America-- African American/Black and American Indian and Alaska Natives.  

Thank you for giving!

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Mercy In Action Vineyard, INC

Location: Boise, ID - USA
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Project Leader:
Vicki Penwell
Boise , ID United States

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