Director/Initiator
Rhode Island
Providence, RI
Quatia Osorio BSBA, BS HSM, CCHW, CLC, MCHS, MCCHW, CPE Doula is a Mother of 5, Rhode Island native state born and raised. She is the Founder of Our Journ3i, LLC, a perinatal community-led, based wellness center focusing on eliminating health determinants of communities of color through maternal support, education, advocacy, and awareness. She is the founder and agency director of the RI Perinatal Doula Agency, a doula agency for those with MCO insurance. She is the Lead Facilitator of Chocolate Milk Cafe RI, a Black breastfeeding support group. She currently is the RIDOH Perinatal Community Consultant and is a member of the following RI associations/organizations: RI Breastfeeding Coalition, Doulas of Rhode Island, and National Certified Professional Midwives - RI Chapter, etc. Her work includes being one of the Founding Directors of the RI Birth Worker Cooperative, a doula owned and led shared billing cooperative to navigate doulas through the insurance reimbursement process.
Recently, she opened up the Urban Perinatal Education Center in Pawtucket. The Urban Perinatal Education Center is RI’s first Black and BIPOC maternal medical home for perinatal education and services. She plans to open it’s free standing clinic for episodic care prenatally and postpartum with a traditional Midwifery care model. There is also a doula referral hotline to support families, agencies and providers seeking to connect with a Black and BIPOC doula in RI at 1833 RIDOULA.
Finally, Mrs. Osorio was a major force in the creation and passage of the RI Doula Reimbursement Act that mandated RI based public and private insurances to cover doula services. She also helped to form equitable Certified Perinatal Doula (CPD) certification standards in collaboration with other workforce professionals, like the RI Certifying Board. Lastly, she serves on the Pregnancy Postpartum Death Review Committee and Perinatal Quality Collaborative of RI.
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Tuesday, May 9, 2023
8:45 AM – 9:45 AM CST