Kaylen Ardiles-Cervera

Kaylen has practiced in the USA, Mexico, Italy, France and various other countries accumulating knowledge and experience in her field. Her first-hand experiences have allowed her to cultivate a perspective that weaves ancient traditions together with a modern evidence based approach to birth, and postpartum. Her work strives to empower women and families through education from preconception to parenting. As a birth doula, she believes in an empowered birthing experience and supporting each family in dictating what that means for them. She supports the process of birth by acting as a guide supporting families in bringing to life the birth they envision while supporting the sacred act of surrender in a safe space. As a postpartum doula, she helps families prepare for a secure and nourishing postpartum period at home. Guiding families with postpartum nutrition, lactation support and sleep guidance that aligns to the desires of each family. As a death doula, she has experience supporting families through early miscarriage, late term loss, and infant death. She believes full spectrum work is vital to supporting communities as a whole and views the families she works with as an extension of her village. Prior to devoting to full spectrum work, Kaylen studied Developmental Psychology focusing on neurodevelopment. She then went onto work with children in a clinical setting with moderate to severe special needs before branching off into Maternal Child Health to start her path to midwifery. Kaylen’s desire to learn more about how children grow through their primary years encouraged her to study various rearing philosophies such as RIE, Attachment Parenting, Montessori, Waldorf, etc. and spent years researching how they influenced the postpartum period. Kaylen thrives in community and volunteers with the Letter Project, The MET, The Central Park Conservancy, the NYS Citywide Doula Initiative and CASA-NYC as a court appointed advocate for children in foster care. In her downtime, she loves cooking new fusions of Peruvian food, painting birth art, and training for marathons.