Donyale Abe

Teaches at Childbirth Professionals International

Dee Abe is the executive director and leading faculty member of Childbirth Professionals International. She is also the author of the book, Called to the Childbirth Profession.

Ms. Abe is passionate about serving childbirth professionals and childbearing families. She has a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, a Masters of Science in Medical Education Leadership from the University of New England, and has 20 years experience in the field as a Workshop Facilitator, Childbirth Educator, Doula, and Prenatal Yoga Instructor.

She has worked in childbirth education teaching 15 years at Kaiser Permanente hospitals, Dignity Healthcare, and the UC Davis Health System. She attended her first birth as a doula in 1996.

She designed and wrote the training and certification programs for CPI. As an ambassador and advocate for the Childbirth Profession, she spreads the knowledge about the amazing opportunities for those seeking careers serving childbearing families.

She is a past board member of the International Childbirth Education Association, serving as treasurer, and also managing editor of the International Journal of Childbirth Education.

She has prepared thousands of families and professionals across the globe through her classes, articles, podcasts, and workshops.

She wrote the Blueprint for Childbirth Health Care Studies, a college curriculum that fills the gap so that professionals can graduate college with a Bachelor’s degree prepared to serve families without needing further certification.