Char'ly is a Detroit native and proud alumna of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. She was a proud member of the HF team for 16 years serving in various capacities including the Director of Midwifery Services. She is currently a co-founder and the Clinical Director of Birth Detroit. Birth Detroit’s mission is to midwife safe, quality, loving care through pregnancy, birth, and beyond using the values of safety, trust, love, and justice as our guide. She is the 2018 recipient of the Kitty Ernst Award from the American College of Nurse-Midwives. This award is given to one midwife each year who has been certified for less than ten years and has demonstrated innovative, creative endeavors in midwifery and/or women’s health clinical practice, education, administration, or research.

Char’ly is also the founder of Metro Detroit Midwives of Color (MDMOC). MDMOC is a non-profit professional organization, inclusive of all minority midwives that serve women in the Metro Detroit area. Ultimately all of their efforts will serve to reduce the prevalence of health disparities among ethnic minorities.