Firen is a licensed midwife in California and Texas. She has been caring for mothers and babies for a decade, and has worked in some of the busiest freestanding birth centers in the country. When she was a child, her mother and father used to tell her the story of her own birth at home. She could sense the fulfillment and joy that it gave them. It was obvious that it was one of the great moments of their lives. Firen's parents' story propelled her into the profession of midwifery. She wants all families to have a beautiful transformative story to tell, and to know the joy of a safe and powerful birth.

During her training, Firen completed an internship at Mercy Maternity Center, a charity birth center in Davao, Philippines, as well as studying under numerous midwives in Texas. In 2013, she served as the Director of Programs for Circle of Health International (COHI), an international maternal health care organization. With COHI, Firen led a team of midwives and clinicians to Jordan, Israel, Palestine and Turkey to respond to the reproductive health care needs of women and men fleeing the Syrian civil war. During that trip, she led a workshop for Syrian doctors and nurses on self-care in times of trauma and crisis. She holds a BA in Spanish from Rollins College and a Masters in Global Business Administration from Thunderbird School of Global Business. She is certified in CPR, Neonatal Resuscitation and Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics. She has attended approximately 300 births in the United States and the Philippines.

Affectionately known as "Dr. Goddess," Kimberly C. Ellis, Ph.D. is an award-winning Scholar, Artist, Activist and Tech Entrepreneur who loves Social Media. A published author, speaker and producer, her work is found in The Pittsburgh City Paper, on Alternet.org, Salon.com, Ebony.com, TheLoop21.com, BlackEnterprise.com, MSNBC.com, NPR Radio, BBC_WHYS Radio, Voices of Russia Radio, Sirius/XM Radio and more! As a Creative Organizer, Dr. Goddess is also a Social Media Director for Issues and electoral campaigns and won the YWCA's Racial Justice Award and the Thomas Merton Center's "New Person" Award. She is a Trainer for Democracy for America's "War for Women" and the Co-host of "Ask a Sista: Black Women Muse on Politics, Policy, Pop Culture and Scholarship."

@DrGoddess is also a social media maven listed as one of the "Top Ten People to Follow on Twitter," one of the "Top Creative Women in Social Media," and one of the "Most Influential Black Women on Twitter." She was on the Official Twitter Team for President Barack Obama's 2012 Election, is a Digital Trainer for Democracy for America. and is one of the authors cited in the recent publication, "The Best Online Organizing Guide Ever." She has had extremely successful Twitter Trainings at Netroots Nation in 2012 and 2013 (check the tweets!) and provides "Twitter Training for Trial Analysts" for lawyers, journals and trial enthusiasts who comment on televised trials. @DrGoddess is also the author of an upcoming book entitled, "The Bombastic Brilliance of Black Twitter." As a performing artist, Dr. Goddess has created new pieces entitled, "Headlines and Hashtags," the latest of which is "#JusticeForJordanDavis."

She is presently working on "You're Beautiful to Me," a feature documentary film chronicling she and her mother's journey with frontotemporal dementia. Follow the hashtag #YBTM and check out the website for more information.