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Maggie Runyon (she/her),
MSN, RNC-OB, CYT-200
Founding Executive Director
Maggie is a nurse, educator, and writer.
She began her nursing career in 2009 and has since practiced in hospitals and
communities nationwide, primarily in labor and birth environments. Maggie maintains a
bedside practice at a community hospital in Pennsylvania, in addition to her non-profit
work as Founding Executive Director of Your BIRTH Partners.
Maggie is currently pursuing her PhD in Nursing and loves educating, mentoring, and
learning alongside other nurses. Her research interests are trauma-informed care,
secondary traumatic stress, trauma-responsive work environments, and nurse identity.
She has always enjoyed writing, both through blogs and in scholarly environments.
Much of her recent pursuits have focused on authoring a transformational memoir and
contributing to academic journals.
Her advocacy focuses on improving perinatal care in hospital environments through
trauma-informed care, empowering nurses, and community collaboration. When she’s
not dreaming up good trouble with other changemakers, she’s doing yoga, reading a
book, traveling, indulging in delicious food, soaking in fresh air outside, or hanging with
her awesome partner and kids.
Our Team
We partner together with many birth advocates and activists to make this work possible!
Our Imperative team includes:
Denise Bolds of Bold Doula
Michelle Gabriell-Caldwell of Baby Please Birth Services
Sasha Sumling of Massage Momma
Meredith Strayhorn of The Walking Stick
Our Trauma-Informed Birth Nurse team includes:
Mandy Irby of The Birth Nurse
Paula Rojas Landivar of Nurse Brown Girl
Many thanks to Angela Mike, Meredith Strayhorn, and Jennifer Weaver who served as initial board members to launch Your BIRTH Partners.
To our core podcast crew: Abby Dennis, Angela Mike, Ray Rachlin, & Pansay Tayo, thank you for busting these conversations wide open together. And to all of our podcast guests, so much gratitude for your advocacy and vulnerability in sharing this space together!