MEET SAM

~Certified Professional Midwife

~Founder & President, Sage Midwifery

My name is Sam Sewell and my pronouns are she/her/hers. I have been advocating for reproductive justice for over 20 years. As a native Texan, I come from a family with a strong matriarch who taught me the value of hard work, resilience, and the power of a loving family. In 2006, I moved to Washington, D.C. to work in the social justice non-profit sector. In addition to my paid work in social justice, I served on various boards including the Younger Women’s Task Force, the Arlington Commission on the Status of Women, NARAL Virginia, and co-founded the Northern Virginia Take Back the Night and Rally Against Rape.

It was the birth of my son in 2011, a planned home birth that ended in cesarean section/belly birth, that led me to pursue the path of birth work—first as a doula and now as a midwife. I began my midwifery education and training in 2013. During the course of my midwifery training , I had my second child via VBAC/HBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean/homebirth after cesarean) which further fueled my passion to provide midwifery care for families in the DC Metro Area. I have been fortunate to train under some of our region’s most experienced midwives, attending births both in the  home and at a birth center. I graduated from National Midwifery Institute in 2019, and have a B.A. from the University of North Texas (2005).

I am a Certified Professional Midwife and a Licensed Midwife in Virginia and Maryland. I live in Springfield, VA with my spouse, two children, and hound dog. In my spare time I engage in community activism, care for my succulents and veggie garden, and spend time with friends.

MEET LINSAY

~Director of Community Engagement

Hi! I’m Linsay Hiller (she/her) and it is my immense honor to be part of the Sage Midwifery team. The love, compassion, respect, and security I felt as a home birth client of Sam for the pregnancy and birth of my third child was life changing for me and my family. My role at Sage is to build community and fill the Sage office with engaging, inclusive, unique events and services.

My work in birth includes facilitating deep, honest conversations about the realities of new parenthood and motherhood, helping mothers and birthing parents process traumatic birth experiences through personal Birth Story Medicine® sessions, and being a passionate childbirth educator at the company I co-founded, Enriched Birth.

Helping change the narrative around birth by empowering expectant parents, providing free education to expecting teens and those without an ability to pay, and helping normalize midwifery care and making doulas and midwives more accessible, are some of my greatest passions.

I live in Mount Vernon, VA with my three young children, husband, and two cats. In my spare time (ha!), I love to read, enjoy quiet evenings where I passionately tell my husband all the ways I’d like to change the world for my children, and paint.

I can’t wait to get to know you!

MEET LATASHA

~Student Midwife

LaTasha has been in love with birth since the age of 6 when she attended the birth of her first nephew. She found her path into midwifery through teaching prenatal yoga which led to her becoming a doula. LaTasha is now a student at Commonsense Childbirth School of Midwifery and being new to the DMV area, she looks forward to working closely with families here. She enjoys spending time with her husband Demetrius and dog Luke along with taking care of her plants and immersing herself in nature.