Tasha leads the Lactation and Education Department at Anna Jaques Hospital, where she provides direct lactation care in both the inpatient and the outpatient settings. Tasha‘s experiences of childbirth and nurturing young children while living abroad in her spouse Oli’s native land of Iceland fueled her interests in birth and lactation, including the deep cultural influences surrounding these events. She is a proud parent to their fun, smart, and blossoming adult children, Emiliana and Gabriel. Tasha’s career has taken her from elementary school teacher, to labor & delivery nurse, to her current career as an RN IBCLC. She serves as the Co-Chair for the AJH Breastfeeding Task Force, is a certified childbirth educator, is a member of the AJH DEI Committee, and is a Co-Chair of MBC’s DRIVE Committee.

Ellen is the WIC State Breastfeeding Coordinator at The Massachusetts Department of Public Health. She has been with the Massachusetts WIC program since 1994 and is a Registered Dietitian as well as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. Ellen lives on the North Shore with her husband and two sons (both fully breastfed over a year, while working full time for WIC).

Moryn Mendoza is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant in the Western Massachusetts region. She is currently working as a Regional IBCLC Specialist with the Massachusetts WIC Program. Moryn’s journey began with the birth of her first son in 2013 and her positive breastfeeding experience led her to want to support local mothers to reach their breastfeeding goals. Over the last 7 years she has given birth to 2 more boys while increasing her knowledge and qualifications to become both a Certified Lactation Counselor in 2017 and an IBCLC in 2019. Moryn holds a BA in Latino and Latin American Politics from Mount Holyoke College and an MA in Human Resource Development from American International College. She is a bicultural first-generation Venezuelan American and is fluent in Spanish.