Meet the Sankofa Birth Squad

Tina Braimah, Certified Nurse Midwife & Herbalist

Tina is a North Carolina native and received all of her formal education through the UNC System. Her family and her roots are here, so it only made sense that she would establish a midwifery practice in a place that not only feels like home, but IS home.

Tina is the practicing midwife and owner of Sankofa Birth and Women’s Care. She has 19 years of experience supporting women in a variety of settings. She received her Master of Science in Nursing with a concentration in Nurse Midwifery from ECU in 2015. After graduation, she worked briefly as a labor and delivery nurse and then as a home birth midwife serving Fayetteville and surrounding areas.

In 2017, Tina opened Sankofa Birth and Women’s Care in order to be an agent of change and growth in North Carolina’s birth community. She wanted to create a space where people could exercise choices around their birth experience and be treated as whole, worthy individuals. After 2 years in Sankofa’s first office, based in Raleigh, she opened the existing office in Durham, NC.

Tina has been married for 20 years and has birthed four children of her own, all with the assistance of midwives (except that one when the midwife didn’t make it on time and her husband caught the baby). Tina knows the home birth experience first-hand and strives to help other families have the same life-changing opportunity. She continues to grow her midwifery skills and her herbal knowledge by attending conferences and workshops, reading books, and collaborating with other midwives. When not attending a birth, you’ll find Tina hanging out with her family, creating herbal remedies, spending time in nature, and gardening.

Amber Rodriguez, Office Manager & Certified Professional Midwife

As office manager at Sankofa Birth & Women’s Care and Tina’s birth assistant, Amber (she/they) draws on 14 years of experience of working with the military to keep everything squared away. After 10 years as a doula, she knows the importance of educating and personally empowering birthing people to strive for the birth experience they want.

Amber is a Certified Professional Midwife and is a vocal advocate for reproductive rights in the LGBTQIA+ community.

When she’s not using her creative abilities to curate the social media platforms of Sankofa Birth & Women’s Care, you can find Amber mothering her three children, pouring beeswax candles and honey, and watching her garden grow.