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Kristin Aaker
Co-Founder, Co-Executive Director
Patrece Hairston Peetz, PsyD
Co-Founder, Co-Executive Director
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Adrianne Sloan, PhD
Health Psychologist
Emely Romero, LCSW, CLC, PMH-C
Bilingual Mental Health Facilitator
Kristin's professional experience spans education, community development, and nonprofit leadership.
Kristin collaborates with stakeholders, healthcare providers, and families across the state to ensure that every family has access to the necessary support and resources for mental health and wellness during the perinatal period and beyond.
Kristin lives in Denver with her husband and two children and enjoys running, cooking, baking, and being with her family and friends.
Patrece is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist whose professional background spans public policy, non-profit and community engagement, integrated primary care, philanthropy, academia, and community health. She holds various leadership roles within the perinatal mental health space including as founder of the Colorado Chapter of the Perinatal Mental Health Professionals of Color Alliance
Patrece is passionate about providing support, clinical tools, and increasing access to emotional wellness services to mothers and birthing people.
​Patrece is also a mom of two and also an aspiring urban homesteader who loves long walks, spending time with family and friends, true crime podcasts, reading before bed, listening to her kid's, massages, and any kind of activity that regulates her nervous system.
Adrianne is a licensed clinical health psychologist with over 20 years of experience in a variety of settings supporting people struggling with cancer, chronic health conditions and she specializes in nutrition and mental health, and in the treatment of sleep disorders and insomnia through the use of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I).
Adrianne believes that mental health is not as simple as examining our thoughts and emotions, but is quite complex, and involves how and what we eat and the nutrients we provide our bodies, and also the state of our microbiome, how and what we do with our bodies (movement), time outside and exposure to nature and sunlight, and our spiritual well-being/connecting to source.
Adrianne is a mom of three and she loves to travel, socialize with friends and family, and maintain an active lifestyle.
Emely is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Lactation Counselor with professional experience in digital communications.
Emely is most passionate about helping moms and birthing people receive the support and village that every person needs when raising a child.
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Emely is a mom of two and enjoys watching anime, weight lifting, and reading.
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Tatiana Turo-Handy, PsyD
Psychologist/ Bilingual Mental Health Facilitator
Leslie Caballero
Bilingual Peer Mental Health Specialist
Candi CdeBaca, MSW
Consultant
Tatiana is a licensed clinical psychologist who has supported birthers both during and after their perinatal period to work through a range of issues including anxiety, depression, and a wide range of other symptoms.
Tatiana wants to decrease stigma and promote the importance of perinatal mental health support because she believes quality support can be life-changing.
Tatiana is a mom of two and loves spending time with her family, hiking, camping, and planning activities to do with her kids.
Leslie is currently completing a B.A. in psychology and has nearly a decade of experience in healthcare as a Certified Nursing Assistant and she has also spent the last couple of years exploring the world of Early Childhood Education as an afterschool provider.
Leslie's mission is to support mothers like herself, especially those with access to fewer resources, to overcome the many barriers that come with parenthood and navigating structural inequality.
Leslie is a mom that loves spending time with her son and family and she has a passion for photography, art, and the outdoors.
Candi is a sociologist, social worker, policy expert, and community organizer with a rich professional background in public office, youth development, advocacy and organizational leadership and development.
Candi is a fierce advocate for racial justice, collective liberation, co-governance, housing as a human right, food as a utility, municipally and consumer-owned utilities and a democratically controlled economy.
Candi is a mom of a toddler and she loves DIY projects, learning new skills, gardening, movies, community activism, museums, being outdoors, traveling and educating her child and others at CreSer--a neighborhood ECE homeschool co-op she recently co-founded.
Natalie Mohan
Board Chair
Laurel Hicks, PhD, LCSW, PMH-C
Board Member
Jennifer Harned Adams
Board Secretary
Chelsea Walker Mao
Board Member
Natalie Mohan is a licensed clinical psychologist who has worked in community mental health, pediatric primary care, private practice, and schools supporting children and families.
After completing a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in infant and early childhood mental health and working in a pediatrician’s office providing support to caregivers beginning at their baby’s newborn visit, Natalie felt naively well-equipped with knowledge. Then she began her own parenting journey in 2018 with the birth of her son—and quickly realized that no amount of schooling truly prepares anyone for the enormous life shift of becoming a parent. Humbled and grateful for the “village” that carried her, she found her passion reinvigorated: ensuring all birthers and caregivers have access to support through peers, professionals, and the reassurance that they are not alone.
Natalie is thankful for the work of the Perinatal Mental Health Project and is honored to serve on the board. She loves going to the park with her now-5- and 7-year-olds, snuggling with her dog, and has a secret mission to learn how to do "the shuffle" dance with her partner. Shhh...don't tell!
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Laurel Hicks is a Research Scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Renée Crown Wellness Institute focusing on perinatal mental health and is founder of the Emotion Alchemy Collective, a holistic therapy practice in Colorado. She has worked with people in the perinatal period for over 20 years, first as a prenatal yoga teacher and labor doula and later a therapist and researcher.
With a background mindfulness, yoga, psychotherapy, somatics, and integrative approaches to healing, Laurel is passionate about supporting parents through the profound transitions of pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood. She was drawn to serve on the Colorado Perinatal Mental Health Project Board to help strengthen systems of care and ensure that all families have access to compassionate, evidence-based support during this tender time.
Outside of her professional work, Laurel loves creating ceramics inspired by nature, spending time in the mountains with her family and friends and cultivating beauty and connection in all she does.
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