Alreema Vining has always had a passion and love for helping pregnant women and infants since she was a child. Her journey with infant and maternal health started under the City of Newark summer youth employment program, assisting families at the local health clinic. A few years later, Alreema completed an Infant & Toddler Childcare Giver (CDA) course at Union County College, where she began teaching preschool. In her teacher role, she found herself fulfilling the duties of a postpartum doula when families of the center would call upon her for support and care of their newborns.

 

Alreema is a Newark, NJ, native. Her roots are Southern African American, and Blackfoot Native American, and a wonderful mom to 3 children. She is a 7 time trained and 3 time certified Full Spectrum Doula and a Medicaid Doula for New Jersey and Virginia. She officially earned the title of doula in 2018, which prompted her road to holistic healing after suffering a near fatal traumatic delivery and battle with postpartum depression the year prior. Alreema focuses on supporting the family as a whole and specializes in everything from postpartum to newborn care, including bereavement for marginalized communities.

 

Today, Alreema holds many titles and accomplishments. She currently sits on 2 boards focusing on community based doulas; is a member of the birth justice task force; contracts as a program consultant designing new maternal programs; is a contracted Medicaid postpartum doula and postpartum coordinator for a local birth center where she teaches postpartum classes; and is a contracted program manager for DMAHS assisting doulas through the FFS enrollment processes. She is the founder and owner of her own doula practice called Nurturing BayBees, d/b/a Nurturing Families Two; the founder & executive director of the Saving Parenthood Foundation; and President & CEO of AAVE Doula Collaborative. Best of all, she is a forever learner as she is a Public Health student with a goal to obtain her doctorate degree in Public Health.