Our Babymoon Inn Team! Each member brings a unique strength and shared vision to support our families.
Connie Garcia CNM, MSN – Clinical Director (click here for Connie’s detailed CV)
Connie Garcia is a Certified Nurse Midwife who also has a Master of Science degree in Nursing. Connie received her Master’s degree from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and her certificate of nurse-midwifery from the Frontier School of Nurse-Midwifery and Family Nursing in Hyden, Kentucky.
Connie’s expertise includes full-scope midwifery care and the establishment and accreditation of free-standing birth centers. She is currently the Vice President of the Commission for Accreditation of Birth Centers and a Site Visitor. Connie is also a member of the American College of Midwives, the American Association of Birth Centers, the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses, and the Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society of Nurses.
Connie strongly believes that most women have normal, healthy pregnancies and births and should be allowed an alternative birth site as they desire. She is supportive of gentle and empowering prenatal and birth care, allowing women to have as much control as possible in the setting of their choice. Connie herself is a mother of five and gave birth in a traditional hospital, a freestanding birth center and at home with a nurse-midwife. Her grown children have also chosen out-of-hospital birth with their families! Connie believes it is vital to get the word out about women’s real choices in their care for a lifetime, and that these choices leave a legacy for the next generation.
Julia F. R. Hall, JD - Executive Director & General Counsel 
Julia is the mother of three; each birth was another step along the journey towards opening a birth center. After a typical hospital birth in Dallas with many interventions but little true support from the medical community, the loving education from her doula Brenda Shumway led Julia to a birth center birth for her second son, Robert. The differences between the two experiences were striking and life-changing. Julia’s personal experiences with hospital and birth center births have made her an advocate for access to midwifery care and given her an empathatic heart for serving Babymoon Inn’s clients and supporting them in the birth experience of their dreams.
Steven V. Hall, MBA, CPA, ABV, CFF - Financial Director
After seeing first-hand the incredible service provided by the midwives and birth center in Dallas, Steven realized that this was a cottage industry that needed to grow! Throughout his consulting career, Steven has advised many businesses in the healthcare industry and is excited to be able to combine his experience with a personal passion.
Dianne Hamre, CD, DONA, CLE Client Services Director
While living in the Seattle area, I met a very special woman by the name of Patti Ramos, who took me under her wing and let me glean from her thirty plus years as a doula and Childbirth Educator. She encouraged me to follow my heart and it was then that I began to see my dream coming true. Patti will always hold a special place in my heart! I am a certified birth doula through DONA (Doulas of North America) and have been trained as a Certified Lactation Educator through the Simkin Center for Allied Birth. Recently, I attended a Childbirth Educator training through Nurturing Hearts Birth Services and have been leading a childbirth class called The Birth Journey. This intensive one day workshop is designed for couples with emphasis on the significance of the partner’s role in labor and birth. I became interested in the childbirth profession when I was in high school and always had a desire to be a labor and delivery nurse. While I was pregnant with our first baby, I had the privilege of attending the birth of my nephew, the first of many births I would attend before formally pursuing my passion. My husband and I have four children of our own; each pregnancy and birth was unique in its own special way. My first pregnancy went 16 days past the estimated due date, and at that time I was induced with pitocin. Thankfully, I escaped all other interventions and went on to have our 9lb 3oz son after 22 hours of labor. I had a totally unmedicated birth 22 months later when our daughter was born at 41 weeks weighing 9lb 10oz. During my last pregnancy, I carried twins to 38 weeks and gave birth to identical boys. They each weighed over 7 pounds and were born vaginally two hours apart! Each time, I managed to escape the majority of interventions that I see all too often today with women facing similar situations such as postdates, large babies and twins. Maybe I was young and naïve…I think I just believed natural birth was normal! I consider each family I have had the privilege to support through the sacredness of birth to be a miracle from God and they are forever a part of my life. This would not be possible without the loving support from my wonderful husband of almost 30 years! His understanding of the hours spent away from home with a client or hours of researching on the computer means the world to me. Our children are now all grown and our oldest has a family of his own. Thanks to him and his lovely wife, I am blessed to be Grammie to five year old Sylas and three year old Ava. I’m sure you can tell by now, family is very important to me and I believe it should begin with a positive birth experience. This is what continues driving me today to help others have the birth they desire. I appreciate the opportunity I have in working together with Babymoon to help make this a reality for more families!
Roxanne Kane RN, BSN – Lead Birth Assistant
Roxanne Kane has been a Registered Nurse for well over 20 years, with most of that time
doing Labor and Delivery in various establishments in the Valley and in Payson, most notably the Bethany Birth Center. She is a strong believer in the strength of women and their ability to birth their babies naturally, but also has the critical experience and calm strength to handle unforeseen problems too.
Roxanne is the mother of four grown children, and grandmother of 9 grandchildren. This does not count the many “part-time” children and grandchildren that she has been involved with. She was born and raised in Southern California, but has lived in Arizona for over thirty years.
Caring and love is brought to each birth through this Nurse; for the new Mother, the new Baby, and the entire Family! She understands how important this time of life is for the new family, and feels honored to share it with all.
Becky Garcia, RN, BSN - Birth Assistant
Becky is a Registered Nurse and obtained her Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Nursing from Arizona State University in 2006.
Becky completed a one-year externship in the Banner Thunderbird Neonatal Intensive Care Unit before graduating from nursing school. She was hired as a new graduate RN and has been working in the NICU ever since. Her passion is working with sick/premature babies and their families. Becky is an active member of The Academy of Neonatal Nursing and the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.
Becky believes that women with a low-risk pregnancy should be able to birth their babies in the setting that they desire. She is a strong supporter of natural child-birth and only using medical interventions when absolutely necessary for the health of the mother or baby. Becky has been able to observe and support many birth center births with her mother, Connie Garcia, including those of her seven nieces and nephews!
Erin Garcia, RN, BSN - Birth Assistant
Erin Garcia has had a passion for caring for mothers and babies since the beginning of her
career in 2004. Erin graduated from Arizona State University with her Bachelors of Science in nursing. She is a member of AWHONN and is ACLS and NRP certified. Her experience includes the care of low risk and high risk mothers as well as working in the intermediate care nursery taking care of babies after birth. Erin is currently employed at St. Josephs Hospital and Medical Center as a labor and delivery nurse. Erin also has a personal interest in being part of the Babymoon team, because she and her husband gave birth to their daughter at a birth center. Her goal as a birth attendant is to empower women and their families to create a beautiful birth experience that they will remember for a lifetime. Her hope is that every family will leave Babymoon Inn feeling empowered, loved and confident in their new roles as parents.
Monica Brown – Birth Assistant
Monica Brown is a wife and mother of three children. She and her husband Chris have been happily married 10 years and her children are ages 7, 6, and 3. Monica had natural childbirths for each of her children. Monica has a strong passion to help other women though the experience of bringing their precious babies into the world. Having experienced a transfer to the hospital, a birthing center birth, and a home waterbirth, Monica draws from her experiences in each of those situations along with her training as a birth assistant (including ACLS and NRP certifications) to support other women during the incredible journey of childbirth. Monica is currently working towards earning a nursing degree and plans on continuing to work with Babymoon Inn!
Maricela Kempf – Birth Assistant
Maricela Kempf is a mother to two young children. She has labored naturally attempting a
home birth and has given birth naturally in a hospital. It has been her passion from a young age to be a part of a birth team for women. Through her own personal experiences and work as a doula she has come to believe in the power of the human body to produce and birth healthy babies naturally. Maricela is currently working on her doula and childbirth educator certifications. She is also very excited as she starts her journey as a student midwife. Maricela is dedicated to loving and nurturing women as they bring forth new life and it is her passion that women experience how powerful, healing and sacred giving birth can be. She feels blessed to be a part of and serve women at Babymoon Inn.
Michelle Dayton RN, BSN – Birth Assistant
Michelle graduated Cum Laude from Arizona State University with her Bachelors of Science in Nursing in 2009. She currently works in labor and delivery at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, and is ACLS and NRP certified. Michelle’s true passion is for women and their families. She is currently on her journey to becoming a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and a midwife. Michelle’s goal as a birthing assistant is to support women and their families in one of life’s greatest journeys and to help them create a birthing experience that they choose and that is empowering and nurturing. She is excited to be a part of the Babymoon Inn and honored to have the opportunity to be a part of many miracles!
Amey Clark, RN
I am so excited to start Babymoon Inn’s new group for expecting and new mommies! Inn Mommies is a group for moms to come and bring their new babies and meet other moms. We will have a topic every week such as babywearing, cloth diapering, teething, nighttime parenting, starting solids, infant massage and much more. We will also have time to sit and chat and for question and answers. I am a mommy of three children ages 8, 11 and 13. I have been an OB nurse for 14 years and I have a passsion for pregnancy, birth and babies.
Jolene Edwards, RN
Aubrey Fox, RN, BSN- Birth Assistant
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