Maternal Health
At NACC, our Maternal Child Health team provides dedicated prenatal care in a family practice setting. Our focused team is dedicated to reducing the large healthcare disparity affecting Native Americans in prenatal and infant care in Minnesota. Through an integrated approach, families can receive coordinated prenatal care at NACC, addressing their medical, spiritual, social, and recovery needs through the pregnancy period and beyond. Our Maternal Medical team comprises medical doctors and nurses with extensive training in prenatal care.
Services Overview
Traditional birthing practices and culture are important in our communities through teachings, storytelling, and ceremony. Our Maternal Child Program unites this message with the help of our Maternal Health Spiritual care coordinator and on-site Ninde Doula program.
Our community approach to this important time is further supported by parenting groups for mothers, collaboration with community partners, and our site-based Parental Advocate. We are honored to walk alongside families as they grow.
Meet Our Team
Jackie Perez Mexica and Dine (Navajo)
As a Traditional Medicine Weaver, I serve as a doula, offering loving support and sacred prayer to guide mothers through every stage of childbirth and motherhood. My work is rooted in ensuring each mother feels empowered, nurtured, and surrounded by the strength of ancestral wisdom, leading them toward their unique birthing experience. As a Mother, Mentor, Traditional Mexica Aztec Dancer, Artist, and Birth Justice Advocate, my passion for birth work comes not only from my own birth experiences but from a deep commitment to supporting others on their journey. Inspired by my ancestors, I honor the sacred act of birthing as our first ceremony. I look forward to connecting with you on this sacred, ceremonial journey of birth and healing.
Audrey D Williams
Audrey serves as a Maternal Child Health Parental Advocate continues her journey serving mothers and families, that hails from her beginnings of being a teen parent and single mom. She is the mother of three adult children. Her passion to give back to her community, live by example and bring others along on the journey has driven her to form her own non-profit organization working with single mothers, families and the homeless population. Forming a non-profit organization wasn’t just enough, so she launched a career as a Kinship Navigator piloting a program alongside Hennepin County, NorthPoint Health and Wellness clinic and Lutheran Social Service working with families navigating the complexities of the Child Protection Service system. AudreyD brings a wealth of knowledge, lived experiences, compassion and empathy to her role at NACC. She allows her schedule to remain open for those unexpected moments that parents are often faced with. Facilitating two parental groups only strengthens her resolve to continue the work that is so needed for our community.
JoLynda Anderson
JoLynda brings deep care and experience to her role as our Maternal Health Case Manager. With a nursing background rooted in reproductive health and over eight years of experience as a doula, JoLynda supports birthing individuals and their families through culturally grounded, compassionate care.
Prior to joining NACC, she served in both hospital and community settings, including Regions Hospital and Birth & Soul, where she worked closely with families during pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. Her earlier work in Deaf education also reflects her lifelong commitment to inclusive, accessible support.