Assisting hundreds of babies earthside for 10+ years
Utah native, mother of five incredible humans, fierce feminist, avid gardener, hippie at heart, lover of Midwifery, and all things pregnancy, labor, birth, postpartum, and motherhood. Eliza believes firmly in advocating for women’s reproductive rights and bodily autonomy. She believes that all women deserve the right to choose whom they receive their maternity care from and where they give birth. Birth is after all a normal, natural physiological event that unfolds beautifully and without complication 93% of the time worldwide. Eliza was born at home in Charleston West Virginia and attributes much of her passion for Midwifery and women’s rights to her own birth into this world. Because of the birth stories of her own 5 children, Eliza has experienced both home and hospital births. Due to her acquaintance with the stark differences between the two, she understands first hand the empowerment a woman experiences when SHE is in charge of her labor and birth journey as well as the disempowerment that occurs more often than not when those rights are stripped away.
Eliza is a Licensed Direct Midwife and Certified Professional Midwife (LDM, CPM) and has attended 300+ births to date. She earned her degree from Midwives College of Utah and graduated magna cum laude in April 2019. She trained and practiced in Salt Lake City and St. George Utah as well as in the Philippines at a local Metro Manila birthing home.
In January 2022 she and her family relocated to Klamath Falls, Oregon where Eliza was the owner/operator of Klamath Birth Center. While there, she built a thriving practice based on love, joy, and clinical excellence. As happens in life, many changes were in-store for Eliza and her family. Now in 2026, she is continuing her life’s work in and around Salem, Oregon with her new independent practice, Fly Free Midwifery.