Maricela Rueda

Maricela ‘Mari’ Rueda was raised in North Side Fort Worth TX around birth, babies, siblings, cousins, niblings (nieces/nephews), and community. Giving birth in 2013 and feeling lack as a single-parent she is here to hold space for those who welcome a helping hand. She has almost 3 years of personal chest-feeding experience initiated by a soft and patient WIC lactation consultant that waited hours in her dimmed office for a hungry and tired infant’s cry to be calmed by that first latch. Maricela's priority is advocating for natural and pleasurable birth experiences driven by informed consent, education, and empathy. 

Maricela was certified in 2024 through Paradigm Doulas Perinatal Coach program on fertility, birth, and postpartum care. 

As a young mother, striving for connection, Maricela was a mom in public and spoke about children at the meeting place, open mic, or community event in general. She carried her postpartum power into spoken word events as a host and poet in 2017-2018. Her child mimicking this action and bringing their own Open Mic to preschool at the age of 4. That child now 11 and carrying that confidence into middle school has got Mari preoccupied when not cuddling with the household critters, walking barefoot in the garden, dancing, listening to music and cooking nourishing food, or joining in on whatever potluck or book club her friends and community have to offer. 

I want to help birthing people and families take back and celebrate their power in the transition into parenthood and onward through life. 

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I want to be your partner in crime when it comes to feeling good as a birthing person because this joy and desire for connection is something that seeps into our parenting, relationships, and then the community we are in collaboration with.