Nancy 'Mikizollin' Chavez

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Peer Support WorkerHerbalistSpiritual Care PractitionerHarm Reduction WorkerConsultantOrganizerCommunity EducatorDoulaBirth WorkerLactation Consultant/CounselorTraditional Medicine PractitionerInterpreter

Credentials: Roots of Labor Birth Collective

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About

Mikizollin is a first generation mejica-na who feels deeply tied to her family relations and culture. As a support companion and birth worker, she wants to provide gentle and affirming care to her clients. She is committed to creating a safe space, positive experience and nurturing environment for the birthing person and their loved ones. Mikizollin is all about supporting her clients to create the process and birthing experience they desire in a dignified manner. She trusts the inherited knowledge of traditional modalities and believes alongside evidence based care practices this transformational time can create long lasting benefits. Mikizollin believes respect is important and every body deserves to have full autonomy. It is a great honor for her to empower her clients during these intimate and sacred processes.

Services offered

Services

Support groupsCommunity educationBirth support

Available for

WorkshopsCommunity eventsPanel discussions

Speaking topics, trainings & workshops

Lived experience

Focus areas & populations

Focus areas

Substance useTraumaGriefReproductive justiceIncarcerationReentryIndigenous healthMutual aidPregnancy and birthPostpartum careInfant feeding/lactationAcross the lifespanStreet-based outreachEnd-of-life carePeople in active substance use

Communities served

Community carePerinatal mental healthChildren and youth (under 18)Adults (18–64)Elders (65+)LGBTQIA+ communitiesBIPOC communitiesDisabled communitiesSurvivors of violenceFormerly incarceratedUndocumented communitiesIndigenous communitiesImmigrant communitiesNeurodivergent communities

Identity & values

Values & commitments

Community-based careIndigenous sovereigntyReproductive justice

Identities & communities

First generation mejica-naHas lived and work experience with marginalization and systemic violenceFamily has been subject to the calamities those systems in power have created

Lived experience

Chronic illnessHousing insecurityRecovery

Practice & approach

HerbalismIndigenous healing practicesPostpartum ritual care

Circle processes, Restorative/Transformative practices

What harm reduction means in practice

Mitigating risky behaviors, practices, detrimental ideas and situations with kindness, volition, a supportive presence, empathy, and love.

Communities, movements & lineages that shaped this work

Immigrant, migrant communities, first generation; Toltecayotl; MTM (Medicina Tradicional Mejicana); From Tepehuanes & Raramuri lands: Rancho lifestyle/culture; Anahuaca traditions

Trainings, certifications & community lineages

Toltecayotl; MTM (Medicina Tradicional Mejicana); Rancho lifestyle/culture; Anahuaca traditions

Publications, media & written work

DIY zines