Bethany Tabor & Iele Paloumpis

Teaches at Pioneer Works

Iele Paloumpis is a trauma-informed end of life doula and griefworker based in Brooklyn. iele studied extensively under the direction on Deanna Flores Cochran to receive an EOL Doula certification through Quality of Life Care LLC. iele has also received certifications from Mount Sinai’s Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute’s Doula Program and from Valley Home Care and Hospice in Paramus, NJ. In addition to their doula work, iele is also a dance artist, educator, herbalist and intuitive healer.

Bethany Tabor is a classically trained ballet dancer-turned-writer and researcher who is persistently exploring themes of death and dying in the realm of performance art. She recently earned her Master’s degree in Performance Studies from New York University where she examined the politics of decomposition as it relates to reenactment and reperformance. She is currently the Technology Programs Manager at Pioneer Works.