Addressing Health Inequities and Supporting Pregnancy & Lactation During COVID-19

Please join our panel to learn and explore the impact of COVID-19 on pregnant and lactating communities. We will learn about COVID-19 vaccines and its safety for pregnant or lactating individuals, online support resources, and current lactation support recommendations.

• Robbie Gonzalez-Dow, MPH, RD, CLE is the Executive Director for the California Breastfeeding Coalition and leads statewide efforts to transform the landscape of breastfeeding and lactation support utilizing the Spectrum Prevention Framework. She is registered dietitian and reasoned public health advocate with many years transforming systems dietician and seasoned public health advocate with many years transforming systems and institution through grassroots organizing, education, advocacy and policy work. 
• Talia Borgo, CNM, WHNP, RN, is a UCSF Assistant Clinical Professor & Certified Nurse Midwife who specializes in holistic midwifery, helping her patients affirm the power and wisdom they naturally have in their bodies. She also has a particular interest in the issue of racial equity in health care as well as providing robust support to new families and newborns in the critical postpartum period.