Latoya Castro interview conducted by Josephine McRobbie, 2020-02-17

Latoya Castro, also known as Mama Castro, is a birth worker in Burlington, North Carolina. She owns Earthside Harmony, is a member of the Tree of Life Birth Collective, and works with the non-profit MAAME (Mobilizing African American Mothers Through Empowerment). In this interview, Latoya speaks abo...

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Format: Audio
Language:English
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African American women
Birth customs
Castro, Latoya > Interviews
Childbirth
Discrimination in medical care > Southern States
Doulas
Doulas > North Carolina > Interviews
Midwives > North Carolina > Interviews
Oral tradition
Work and family
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Summary:Latoya Castro, also known as Mama Castro, is a birth worker in Burlington, North Carolina. She owns Earthside Harmony, is a member of the Tree of Life Birth Collective, and works with the non-profit MAAME (Mobilizing African American Mothers Through Empowerment). In this interview, Latoya speaks about why she recently chose to not describe herself as a doula due to the term's history and etymology; shares her memories of her grandmother's work supporting birth; and notes how the commonality of negative birth experiences within the Black community brought her to her work.