About Us
With Woman is an independent California non-profit corporation with applied for
Federal 501(c)(3) status. The Sally Clinic Project is an undertaking of With Woman.
The organization which created the Sally Clinic Project (SCP) was created by six midwives in California in 2001. As the SCP was being organized we realized that there was another organization with the same name and focus. In November of 2007 the two organizations began working together under one name and tax status. The original organizers of the SCP continue to administer and direct the project. We are dedicated to furthering the midwives model of care and providing educational opportunities for student midwives. In addition, we recognize that healthcare delivered in a vacuum is ineffective and so we embrace a holistic model that encompasses education and furthering the ability of families to exist and thrive. We are dedicated to forging partnerships with other organizations to advance these goals.
About the founding mothers of the Sally Clinic Project:
Tosi Marceline has been a home birth midwife for nearly 30 years. She is apprentice trained and became one of the first licensed midwives when California passed licensing legislation in 1993. Tosi was instrumental in obtaining this legislation, putting in many hours lobbying for its passage. She is also a Certified Professional Midwife. Prior to becoming a midwife Tosi received her bachelors in English from the University of California at Davis and taught pregnant teenagers. She has trained numerous midwives and delivered more than 800 babies in her career. Tosi is the mother of two adult children and has two grandchildren. She lives with her husband in Davis, California.
Claudia Breglia is an apprentice trained, California licensed midwife with a bachelors in Fine Art from Syracuse University, New York. She is also a Certified Professional Midwife. Prior to moving to California she had a home birth practice in Tennessee primarily serving the Amish community. She is the current President of the California Association of Midwives and past president of the Tennessee Midwives Association. She has delivered over 600 babies in the 15 years she has been a midwife. Claudia is the mother of Gabriel who is 12 and they live in Sacramento, California.
Rachel Fox-Tierney is a graduate of the National Midwifery Institute and a Certified Professional Midwife. She has a home birth practice in Northern California. She is a graduate of the University of California at Davis with a bachelors in psychology. Prior to becoming a midwife Rachel served in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University. She has served on the board of the California Association of Midwives as regional board member for her region and remains as the treasurer for her region. Rachel is the mother of two young boys and lives with her husband and children in Davis, California.
Amy Morgan is a California licensed midwife and a certified physician’s assistant. She works with an under served population at a federally qualified rural health center in Northern California and maintains a small home birth practice. She has delivered over 500 babies in her career. She is involved in creating programs for the medically indigent population served by her clinic and is a founding member of a unique co-housing community in Davis, California. Amy is the mother of two children and lives with her husband and family in Davis, California.
Carrie Sparrevohn is a California licensed midwife and was apprentice trained during the 1980s. She left her home birth practice to work in clinics after gaining licensure in California in 1997. She works with under served populations in the greater Sacramento area and has been instrumental in beginning the Sally Clinic Project in Uganda, which is her passion and life work. She has a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology from the University of California at Riverside and has worked in healthcare all of her life. She served as The California Association of Midwives president for five years, remains as their legislative chair and currently sits on the Midwifery Advisory Council of the Medical Board of California. She was recently awarded the highest honor that the California Association of Midwives gives when she became the 2007 Brazen Woman Award, recipient. Carrie is the mother of six children, four of whom are grown. She also has four grandchildren. She lives with her younger children in Davis, California.
Kris Garcia is a licensed midwife who lives in Sacramento. |
