Joanna began her career as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, spending years in primary care pediatric offices helping families with everything from well-baby checkups to growth and development questions.

Along the way, she saw how much feeding shapes those early months, so she added a second specialty and became an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant. Since then, she’s supported families before and after birth in hospitals, in their own homes, in pediatric offices, and over telehealth.

Her expertise is personal too. While breastfeeding her four children, Joanna navigated oral restrictions, low supply, breastfeeding after a breast reduction, exclusive pumping, returning to work, and a perinatal mood disorder. She knows firsthand that feeding rarely goes exactly to plan.

That’s why she loves pairing preventive education with evidence-based research, so families can make informed infant-feeding decisions that fit their own goals. For Joanna, emotional support matters just as much as the clinical side.

She’s now a Senior IBCLC at 1 Natural Way, where she leads a team of lactation consultants offering breastfeeding support and education via telehealth.

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Purdue University
• Master of Science, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Indiana University Indianapolis

Certifications

• Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner – Primary Care (CPNP-PC)
• International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), IBLCE

Work experience

• Senior IBCLC, 1 Natural Way, 2024–present
• Lactation Consultant, Nest Collaborative, 2018–2024 (including Director of Clinical Operations, 2020–2022, and Clinical Projects Specialist, 2022–2023)
• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Associates of Dayton, 2018–2019
• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner & IBCLC, Carolina Pediatrics, 2012–2016
• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Kids R Great Pediatrics, 2010–2012