My name is Ariana Quinones. I have been a midwifery assistant and birth keeper for 3 years and am starting my pathway to become a midwife via the CPM route. I am Kwatsáan (Ft Yuma Quechan Tribe) and I grew up here in the valley raised primarily by my grandmother Arlene Miguel-Johnson and my grandfather Louis Robert Johnson. I am married to my high school sweetheart and we have 3 daughters whose journeys earthside have pushed me more into the path of midwifery. In my work, I learn not just for myself but for my community, my daughters and the generations that will come after me..