Hi Kim! Thank you for taking the time to speak with me! Let's start with the basics. Tell me about all of the various projects that you are working for.

Hi Shell! I am an IBCLC at the Valleywise Hospital in Phoenix, AZ. I am also an Indigenous Breastfeeding Counselor co-instructor, a board member of the United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC), a member of the Navajo Nation Breastfeeding Coalition, and recently, a member of the Arizona Department Maternal Mortality Review Committee.

That is impressive! I know from experience that only passion and deep commitment keeps someone focused as you are!

Well, when I moved to the city it was a culture shock! At home, I grew up seeing breastfeeding and my grandmother encouraged it. It was normal for the women in my family to breastfeed. Milksharing wasn't uncommon either from the stories told by my parents when I had my own children.