Emily Cohen-Moreira CCCE, CLC
Emily Cohen-Moreira is a certified cooperative childbirth educator, certified lactation counselor, and labor support doula. She holds bachelors degree in Romance Languages from the University of Pennsylvania. Emily made her way to pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding work through her lifelong interest in advocacy and women’s rights. After working as a bilingual patient advocate at the Philadelphia Women’s Center and a year living in Taiwan, she came home and found work at Realbirth, a former childbirth education program in NYC.
In July 2010, she was hired to found Tribeca Parenting, a pregnancy, birth, and new parent education center with classes throughout the greater NYC area. While serving as Director of Tribeca Parenting, Emily became a childbirth educator, birth doula, and lactation counselor. She designed Tribeca Parenting’s prenatal breastfeeding education program and implemented drop-in support groups for new moms. As a certified lactation counselor, Emily teaches Newborn Care classes, prenatal breastfeeding preparation courses, runs breastfeeding support groups, and provides individualized counseling. She has advised pediatricians on early establishment of breastfeeding and lactation issues and currently offer in-office support at West Care Pediatrics. Emily speaks Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.
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