Gina Valo is the owner of BirthingKind and certified labor doula with a passion for helping clients create the conditions that will support their ideal birth experience. She places a strong emphasis on evidence-based care, informed consent, and advocacy in the birth room. 

Gina is certified as a doula in the U.S. through ProDoula and Childbirth International and has completed the Spinning Babies® Workshop. She values continuous learning and regularly attends trainings for birth workers.

Prior to BirthingKind, Gina served as a healthcare technology executive and White House Presidential Innovation Fellow at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. She holds a Master of Management in Clinical Informatics from the Duke University School of Medicine and a B.A. in Organizational Studies from the University of Michigan.

Gina lives in the U Street-Cardozo neighborhood of Washington DC. She likes taking classes at Barre3 where she also works part time as an childcare instructor. You’ll also find Gina walking the neighborhood with her rescue dog while listening to the latest podcast episodes of The Birth Hour or Evidence Based Birth with some millennial scam/fraud/cult content sprinkled in between.