Meet Audrey!

The Journey So Far

I am Audrey Gentry-Brown (she/her), founder of Birth ’n’ Herbs, co-founder of the Cypher Collective, co-host of the Cypher Circle Podcast, Student Board Representative of the National Black Midwives Alliance (NBMA), and Admin of the Black Student Midwives Facebook Group.

My path into birthwork began long before I carried the title of midwife. I was the one family and friends called to attend births, to hold babies, to bring food, to walk beside them in postpartum, and to stand firm when choices around reproductive care needed support. Those early experiences became the roots of my calling.

Inspired by the legacy of my great-aunt, Sis Vivi, a midwife in Jamaica, I stepped formally into birthwork in 2021 with training through Sista Midwife Productions. Since then, I have walked this journey as a student, apprentice, and servant to the families and communities I support.

I carry this work with reverence — guided by spirit, ancestors, and the wisdom of the grand midwives — while sharpening my skills through ongoing education, training, and mentorship.

 

 

My Midwifery Journey: A Timeline

 

  • Phase 1: NARM PEP accepted ✔️
  • Phase 2: NARM PEP accepted ✔️
  • Phase 3: In Progress

 




Education & Training

Certifications

  • Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) – Healthy Children
  • Certified Blactation Educator – The B.L.A.C.K. Course
  • Community Breastfeeding Specialist – Reviving the Village (YOLO)
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) – Essentials Provider
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) – CPR Provider

 

Midwifery Schools & Apprenticeships

  • Da Roots Traditional Midwifery School – Year 2 (in progress)
  • Mama’s Midwife Apprenticeship with Wantina Brooks-Roach, CPM (in progress)
  • Myrtle Tree Midwifery – Student/Birth Assistant under supervision of Hadassah Bellot, CPM (in progress)
  • Traditional Midwifery Freedom Path – Gather Grounded Midwifery, Teaching Midwife Racha Tahani Lawler Queen (completed Jan 2025)

 

Midwifery-Specific Trainings

  • Holistic Midwifery – Earth Groundz
  • Breech Without Borders Breech 2.0 Hybrid Training
  • Breech Without Borders Twins & Breech Masterclass
  • Spinning Babies Workshop

 

Herbal & Traditional Knowledge

  • Community Doula Training – Sista Midwife Productions
  • Grandma’s Hands I: Pregnancy, Postpartum Herbs & Nutrition in the Southern Tradition – Divine Birth Wisdom
  • Grandma’s Hands II: Deep Time – Divine Birth Wisdom
  • Level 1 Herbalism – Essence Herbs
  • Herbalism & Plant Medicine Studies

 

Current Work & Leadership

Today, I balance my role as a Learning Midwife under supervision with my service as a Birth Assistant at Birth Care & Women’s Health, my apprenticeship with Wantina Brooks-Roach at Mama’s Midwife, and my work as a Student/Birth Assistant at Myrtle Tree Midwifery under the supervision of Hadassah Bellot, CPM.

Beyond clinical care, I also serve in leadership — co-founding the Cypher Collective, co-hosting the Cypher Circle Podcast, holding space as Admin of the Black Student Midwives Facebook Group, and serving as Student Board Rep with NBMA.

Through each of these roles, I carry forward a mission to provide culturally affirming, holistic, and community-centered midwifery care that blends experience-based wisdom, evidence-based practice, and ancestral guidance.

My journey is still unfolding, but my purpose is clear: to walk in the legacy of the grand midwives, to sharpen my hands and heart in service, and to pass this knowledge forward for the generations to come.

 

"Birth is the Revolution!" - Nicole Deggins, Sista Midwife Productions