Koyuki Smith

Koyuki Smith (she/her) entered the birth world in 2008, after eight years as a public secondary school teacher. Since then, she has worked as a birth doula, babywearing educator, lactation counselor, childbirth educator, and BFW facilitator. She has been with BFW since 2014 and holds deep love and respect for the compassion and wisdom that BFW brings to birthing families and birth workers alike. As Editor-in-Chief at BFW, her goal is to communicate the intellectual, spiritual, and embodied richness of the BFW approach, as well as its solidarity with the struggle for universal human liberation. Koyuki is currently engaged in graduate studies at the City University of New York Graduate Center, where she is pondering the 19th century novel and the traumas of modernity. She lives in Harlem, NYC with her husband, two sons, and weird dog.