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Blossom's Staff and Board of Directors

Blossom invites you to get to know our staff and board members.

You'll feel supported with the help of our all woman 6 staff members and more than 35 independent contractors working to be your village. 
​ Wherever you are on spectrum of parenting: there's a place for you here.  


​Join us! 
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Staff Members

  • ​Carolina Hahn - Executive Director
  • Cindy Chow - Fundraising Specialist & Volunteer Coordinator
  • Helena Ljoljic - Marketing Manager 
  • Birte Bennecke - Program Manager 
  • Deana Szeto - Customer Service/ Program Manager Liaison
  • Looking for a Program Manager and Fundraising Specialist

Board of Directors

  • Allison Zimmerman
  • Rebecca Cho - Treasurer
  • Fiona Akhtar - Board Chair
  • Leslie Peterson
  • Angela Swartz- Secretary ​
  • Melissa Teng​
  • Erica Lewis
  • ​Priya Balachandran
  • Marnie Levenson
  • Amy Ramsey - Advisor to the board 
  • Yaxin Duan - Advisor to the board​

Instructors & Facilitators

  • Anna Zyla - Yoga Instructor
  • Ann Udofia - Pelvic Workshops
  • Ananda Day Cavalli - Prenatal Yoga, Mom & Baby Yoga
  • Asiyah Abdul-Mu'min - Childbirth Prep
  • Audrey Kalman - Breastfeeding Basics
  • Beep! Beep! Founders - Ben & Karli Arias- The First Ride Home
  • Bill White - Baby Sign Language
  • Cameron Seeberger - Preparing for Birth and Beyond 
  • Catherine Crider - Childbirth Prep, Baby Care, Breastfeeding
  • Carolina Hahn - Prenatal Yoga, Mom & Baby Yoga​
  • Deana Dawson-Jesus - DONA Certified Birth Doula, Lactation Educator, Childbirth Educator, and VBAC Specialist
  • Erika Vetter - Toddler and Preschool Sign Language
  • Eva Roodman - Parent-Baby Groups
  • Elizabeth Green - Sleep Support 
  • Isha Santos - Prenatal Yoga, Back to You Fitness
  • Jessica Yu - Parent-Baby Groups
  • ​JuFen Hsu - Prenatal Yoga, Mom & Baby Yoga
  • Kathy Buck Thomson - Mom and Baby Pilates​
  • Katie Sinnott - Prenatal Yoga​
  • Kelli Ghanati - Pregnancy Support Group
  • ​Lisa Westhorpe - Growing Together
  • ​​Lori Ismail - Natural Childbirth
  • ​​​​Mia Hall - Prenatal Yoga, Core-based Vinyasa Flow
  • Michelle Paul-Vogel - Baby Care, Breastfeeding Basics, Lactation
  • Mike Willson - Adult, Infant & Child CPR
  • Misty Masvalo - Mom & Baby Yoga
  • ​Nora Ziegenhahn - Mom & Toddler Yoga
  • Reenie McCaffrey - Infant Massage Workshop
  • Rotem Pearlson - Baby Care, Breastfeeding
  • ​Sandy Caldwell - Baby Care
  • Sarah Zuniga - Back to You & Prenatal Yoga
  • Serena Weingrod - Babywearing Essentials
  • Siri Shakti - Prenatal Yoga, Mom & Baby Yoga
  • Tracie Lynch - HypnoBirthing® - The Mongan Method

Yoga and Fitness Instructors 

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  • Anna Zyla - Prenatal Yoga 
  • Nanci Shakthi Nardona - (NEW) Prenatal Yoga
  • Lorena Martinez - Prenatal Yoga, Baby & Me Yoga

  • Helena Ljoljic -  Prenatal Yoga, Baby & Me Yoga
  • ​​​​Mia Hall - Prenatal Yoga
  • ​​Carolina Hahn - Prenatal Yoga, Baby & Me Yoga​
 
  • ​Nora Ziegenhahn - Mom & Toddler Yoga
  • Isha Santos - Prenatal Yoga, Back to You Fitness
  • Katie Sinnott - Prenatal Yoga​
 
  • Jenny Chu - Prenatal Yoga 
  •  Jenny Putt - Prenatal & Postpartum Pelvic Floor Workshops
  • Alyssa Jacobson - Prenatal and Postnatal Fitness
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About Us

Founded in 1999,
Blossom Birth & Family is a 501 c(3) community based nonprofit organization 
​(EIN #77 0506942).
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Contact Us

At this time, the best way to reach a member of the team is to email us:
​blossom@blossombirthandfamily.org

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P. (650) 321-2326
290 S. California Ave, Suite A
Palo Alto, CA 94306

Office Hours

Mon - Fri: 10am- 2pm
Sat: 9am- 12:30pm
and by appointment

DISCLAIMER.                                                       Photo credit: Images by Rosalinda, Lilia Faith Schwartz, Photographer, Devin Begley, and Christy Scherrer, bellymotherbaby
Blossom is not a Medical Provider and Does not Provide Medical Services.  It is understood by all persons who use Blossom’s  services that: (a) Blossom is not a medical provider and does not render medical or other health care services or treatments to any and all persons who use Blossom’s services and Blossom’s services are not intended to or shall be interpreted as imposing, any duty or obligation to provide such health care services; (b) Blossom is not in any way responsible for the health care that is delivered by a health care provider to any and all persons who use Blossom’s services; (c) health care providers are solely responsible for the health care they deliver to any and all persons using Blossom’s services; and (d) health care providers are not Blossom’s agents or employees.