Meet the Staff

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OUR SPECIALTY STAFF

Antonia Damian, Facility Maintenance Coordinator
Hi, my name is Antonia and I am the Facility Maintenance Coordinator. I have been living in San Diego for 25 years. I am a mother of four. In addition to keeping our facility clean and welcoming for all expectant mothers, I also do outreach in the community, introducing the birth center to people who do not know of its existence. I love my job and my co-workers and am grateful for the opportunity to work at Best Start Birth Center.

Donna Grandi, Childbirth and Breastfeeding Educator, LCCE, CD(DONA), Breastfeeding Support Specialist
As a Childbirth Educator, I help women and their partners prepare for birth with knowledge of the birth process, as well as physical and emotional preparation. I seek to help women gain confidence in their body's ability to give birth, which is an amazing, powerful and joyful experience. I also teach and support mothers in breastfeeding.

I am a certified birth Doula providing support for moms and partners during pregnancy, labor and birth and early postpartum through emotional, physical and educational support. As a Doula I help facilitate a positive, healthy birth and early parenting experience. 

I have two sons, born naturally with the support of my husband, and successfully breastfed. I have helped many parents in this journey of approaching parenthood in Southern California and in Taiwan where I lived for many years.

Trisha Olow CD, CCE
I graduated from San Diego State University in 1989 with a degree in Biology. My husband and I gave birth to our first child, Zoe in a birth center in Orlando, Florida in 2001. I then changed my career to full-time Mom. Being fascinated by pregnancy and the birthing experience, I became a DONA Certified Doula in 2002, then a Certified Childbirth Educator in 2003. I furthered my birthing experience by having our son, Evan in 2004. I support the birthing community by teaching childbirth preparation classes at several local hospitals as well as Best Start Birth Center . I also have served as Director of Teachers for the Childbirth Education Association for several years. Having a safe, peaceful and empowering birth experience can have lasting positive effects on the relationship between mother and child for the rest of their lives. My hope is that through my teaching and doula work, I can empower women to find their strength and improve the birth experience one birth at a time.

Office | Midwife | Birth Asst | Med Asst | Specialty

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