Amanda Singer, Guest

The problem of syphilis infections and congenital syphilis cases in the U.S. is extremely alarming and has hit Indian Country very hard. Co-Host Anne Keala Kelly (Kanaka Maoli) talked with Amanda Singer (Diné), Executive Director of the Navajo Breastfeeding Coalition/Diné Doula Collective in Window Rock, Arizona about this serious issue. Amanda is a Certified Lactation Counselor and Indigenous Doula.The organization’s mission is to improve the health of Navajo families by providing compassionate unbiased, and accessible care to improving all birthing families and Infant health through holistic traditional practices and to promote healing.