Haley Yerxa, CNM

Haley Yerxa was born and raised in Switzerland, Belgium and the U.S. After graduating high school, she studied biology and environmental studies in Minnesota, but through training as an EMT she gravitated toward birth and reproductive health. 

After working in California, Nicaragua, and Oregon, she completed her nursing and midwifery studies at Yale School of Nursing, finishing her clinical rotations in the Navajo Nation. She then moved to Alaska and practiced as a nurse-midwife for nearly three years, providing care in a hospital and a freestanding birth center. 

Haley considers it a privilege to join the long tradition of midwifery. To her, midwifery means safeguarding normal physiologic birth, working with people in a personal and supportive way to make informed choices for their own health, and bearing witness to the strengths of individuals and families every day. 

In her time off you can usually find her in the mountains with her partner, daughter, and dog.