Network Engagement Director

Carmen Mojica (she/hers) is a Black Dominican woman born and raised in the Bronx. She is a certified professional midwife, educator, and author. Carmen graduated from Maternidad La Luz with a diploma in midwifery. The bulk of her experience in childbirth has been in the birth center setting. The focus of her work is on expanding access to reproductive health education for Black, Indigenous, people of color individuals and reproductive health providers who identify as Black and Latinx, with special attention to first-generation individuals. 

Carmen is one of the co-creators of Bronx (Re)Birth and Progress Collective, a group of Black mothers, doulas, and organizers dedicated to building alternative solutions outside of the system that protect and honor birthing people in the Bronx and their families. She has worked in midwifery education as an adjunct faculty member at Midwives College of Utah, teaching postpartum care and the history of midwifery courses to student midwives.