Our Team


​Amy, Siri, and Anna are Licensed Midwives who graduated from Bastyr University. Click on their names to learn more about each of them!

Administrative Staff

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Doris Taylor, Administrative Officer

Doris (she/her) started with Snohomish Midwives in July 2022 as the admin. She is an incredible asset to our admin team and keeps the office organized and running smoothly! Doris enjoys getting to know the families as they come in for their visits and loves hearing the birth stories. She worked in healthcare for over 20 years and is relishing working in a slower paced, patient-centered office. In her spare time, she loves hiking and being outdoors with family and friends. Originally from Alaska, she grew up being outside in all four seasons and loves all the PNW has to offer. In January 2022, she started her own business as a burnout wellness coach. She crafts herbal body oils and teas, some of which are available in the office.

Please say hello next time you are in for a visit! You can also follow along her wellness business adventure at @moonshinewellnesspnw

Student Midwives

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Kiana Ghamarifard, she/her
Senior Midwifery Student​
Kiana Ghamarifard is a third year nurse midwifery student pursuing her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at Seattle University. She graduated from Boston University in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Health Science. Through volunteer work abroad, she discovered her passion to help provide holistic and evidence-based experiences for individuals within a labor, postpartum, and women’s health setting. With this passion, she pursued and obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree at Seattle University in 2022 and will be on track to obtain her DNP Certified Nurse Midwifery degree in 2025. She is honored, proud, and eager to provide individualized care that will help individuals be empowered in making decisions for their health care. On her free time, she enjoys playing guitar, cooking/baking, spending time with her family and dog, and doing anything outdoors! 

Jessica Nokes, she/her
Jessica is a Texas girl adventuring with her family to the Pacific Northwest to become a midwife. With her husband, Josh, who values her passions enough to follow them where they lead, she has six kids, who range in age from 2 - 13, all born with midwives. She felt drawn to birth work following her first birth. After her second was born, I started attending some births as a photographer. These early encounters with a wide variety of births and birth places deepened her appreciation for the importance of compassionate, client-centered care, and the time it takes to build trust. All of this inspired her to become a CPM.
I os beginning my second year at Bastyr University and is grateful for the opportunity to learn from such a deeply rooted community of midwives in Washington, particularly those at Snohomish Midwifery. 
She is obsessed with her family life. They do a lot of Outdoorsing, laughing, reading, and hanging out around the fire pit, making s'mores and keeping people from either falling in or trying to jump over it. She can’t wait to meet you!