09/03/2025
As we approach being fully on-call and full-time in the clinic, we thought it would be a good time to reintroduce our wonderful staff, midwives, and students to the community, starting with our esteemed leader, Cristi!
Cristi Lewis LM, CPM has been a midwife for 10 years and 1000+ babies! She founded Acorn Community Birth and Wellness Center with Karen Pecora LM, CPM in 2016 as a legacy for Karen's midwifery practice and as a way to be able to offer midwifery care to low-income and Medi-Cal families in California. Cristi birthed her 2 children at home with midwives, and considers her profession as a sacred calling that is here to help families "re-remember" what community birth and the normal physiological process looks like. She has trained more than 35 student midwives in her career, and continues to help support the growth of the midwifery profession by offering her center as a place of learning for the midwifery community. She is currently completing her training as a Trauma-Informed Health Care Provider, is bilingual in Spanish and English, loves her chickens and her garden, and has really enjoyed sleeping out under the stars as much as possible this summer during her sabbatical!
Fun Fact: Cristi does not like cucumbers.