Laura Serna

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Laura Evans Serna

I am a birth companion, a certified lactation counselor (CLC), and a certified health and wellness coach.

Experience

  • Prenatal and Birth Support, including work with private clients and as a UNMH Birth Companion Program Volunteer: Counseling Moms and Providing Continuous Birth Support (Summer 2025-Current) 59 hours
  • Postpartum and Breastfeeding Support, including work with private clients and as a WIC Designated Breastfeeding Expert: Counseling Women on Breastfeeding and Feeding (July 2023-July 2024) 95 hours

Certifications/Memberships

  • NM Board of Nursing: Lactation Provider License (Obtained January 2025. Expiration January 2027)
  • Adult and Pediatric First Aid, CPR, and AED: Certification (February 2025)
  • American Fitness Professionals and Associates: Certification as a Health and Wellness Coach (September 2024) 34 hours
  • The Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice: Certification as a CLC. (June 2023) 52 hours

Continuing Education

  • New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force Hospital and Clinic Summit: Lactation and Substance Use Disorder (November 2025) 3.5 hours
  • UNM Echo Perinatal Community Partnership: Supporting Perinatal Clients with a History of Substance Use (May 2025) 1 hour
  • UNMH Birth Companion Training: (Spring 2025) 9 hours
  • New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force Annual Conference: Lactation Through the Lifespan- Parents, Babies, Providers, Community (April 2024) 13 hours
  • Breastfeeding Conferences: Challenging Paradigms (March 2024) 3 hours
  • Gold Learning: ReLATCHtation: Transitioning the Exclusively Bottle-fed Baby to Nursing (February 2024) 1 hour
  • Gold Learning: Substance Use During Pregnancy: Supporting Healthy Outcomes for Women, Infants, and Their Families. (February 2024) 1 hour
  • The University of Indiana Continuing Education: Trauma Informed Care (November 2022) approximately 4 hours
  • UNM Biochemistry Department Breast Cancer Research: Received undergraduate grant to conduct breast cancer research. (Summer 2002)

Other Formal Education

  • University of Oxford: Msc in Mathematical Modelling (2008)
  • University of Colorado at Boulder: BA in Pure Math (2004)
  • National Catholic Bioethics Center: Two-day seminar: Catholic Health Care Ethics: A Tradition of Compassion and Care for the Human Person (2021)
  • Holy Apostles College and Seminary: graduate level ethics course (2023)
  • University of New Mexico: 2 biology courses, 8 chemistry courses including organic, quantitative analysis, and physical chemistry, 1 biochemistry class, 2 anthropology courses including cultures of the world. (1999-2003)
Sub Fusc 2006.