Team Member – Canyon Midwifery

Connie Garcia

I received my Masters of Science degree in Nursing with a specialty in Midwifery from the Frontier Nursing University (formerly known as the Frontier School of Nurse-Midwifery). I’ve been in practice here in the greater Phoenix area for over 15 years, and have helped more than 2600 women birth their babies. As a midwife, I…

Erin Garcia

I have been working with Connie since 2007 when she was a nurse midwife at St. Joseph’s hospital. At Canyon Midwifery I am a birth RN and help with office work and billing.I started working with Connie from the very beginning of Canyon Midwifery. We always joke that “birth” is our family business. Some families’…

Becky Bandeen

I started out as a birth RN when Connie started Canyon Midwifery. In the spring of 2016 I started doing lactation classes and consultations for her. I have always had a passion for natural childbirth in all settings, especially at home. After having my first home birth in 2013, I wanted to be part of…

Sarah Briatta

I haven’t quite started with Connie yet but plan to after my maternity leave! I will be working as a birth assistant and IBCLC. I have worked as a labor and delivery nurse in the hospital setting but love the patient-centered caring atmosphere of a home birth and birthing center. I started as a new…

Carol Kidd

Breastfeeding has fascinated me since the day I became a mother. It’s such a simple activity with such complex biology and physiology, so integral to the development and attachment of a child, and so foundational to the connected family. The more I learn, the more there is to learn. I started helping mothers as an…