Our CLS consultants and staff members are one of the unique features that set us apart from our competitors. We have the highest trained staff in the industry: all have a minimum of 5 years of experience working with mothers and babies, all are licensed registered nurses (RN’s), some are master prepared, and all are International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs).
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Cate has a Doctor of Nursing Practice from Regis College with her research in breastfeeding as she developed a tool for nurses to reduce supplementation of healthy babies. Her master’s degree is in Perinatal Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania.
Cate has worked as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant since 1995 with a focus on education. She is also a Nursing Professor at a local community college helping to prepare the next generation of Lactation Consultants. She serves as a board member of WE CAN (Women’s Empowerment through Cape Area Networking) an organization which fosters independence and empowers women.
Cate lives on Cape Cod with her husband and 2 children. She is originally from Margate, New Jersey and has worked off and on for CLS for over 20 years.
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Melinda has over 20 years of experience as a registered nurse in the field of maternal-child nursing. She graduated with her bachelor of science in nursing degree in 1999 from the University of Texas at El Paso. The majority of her nursing experience has been in a private hospital sector where she has worked as a staff nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and an outpatient newborn assessment clinic.
After experiencing the preterm birth of her first daughter at 29 weeks, Melinda’s passion grew to help mothers meet their breastfeeding goals, especially those mothers that are separated from their newborns in the NICU. Melinda later became a Certified Lactation Counselor, Certified Breastfeeding Educator, and an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant in 2010.
Melinda has worked as a lactation consultant in labor and delivery, postpartum, pediatrics, and the NICU. She has helped her hospital become a Texas Ten Step facility and Mother-Friendly Worksite. She promotes and supports breastfeeding in her community by facilitating a Baby Café and by being a member of the Bi-National Breastfeeding Coalition.
Melinda has been happily married for 22 years, has 2 beautiful teenage daughters, and resides in El Paso, TX.
Jessica Martinez, RN, IBCLC
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Jessica’s interest in caring for moms and babies began after the birth of her first child. Jessica pursued a career in nursing and for the past 12 years has been working in Labor & Delivery and the NICU. Four years ago Jessica started her journey in lactation with an intense desire to help moms and babies reach their breastfeeding goals.
Jessica and her husband have two children, two dogs, a cat, and five chickens. When she is not working, Jessica is gardening, kayaking, or listening to the newest true crime podcast.
Lynna Recato, RN, IBCLC
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Lynna is a Registered Nurse and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant with over 20 years experience caring for and supporting breastfeeding mothers and their babies. She began her career in labor and delivery providing care for both mother and baby from birth to discharge. It was during that time that she realized her passion for helping to support breastfeeding, and in 2007 received her IBCLC certification. During that time, she has worked to help mothers who have faced breastfeeding challenges following hospital discharge.
Today, she continues to be dedicated to providing current, evidence-based education and lactation management to support and empower breastfeeding parents in making a plan to meet their personal feeding goals. She has also written some of our parent education handouts, provides prenatal and return to work breastfeeding classes for new and expectant parents, and maintains professional membership in ILCA.
Lynna resides with her husband of 34 years, and has three adult sons. When not in the office, she enjoys painting, and spending time with her family and three rescue dogs.
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Christina is a registered nurse and has worked in the maternal child setting for over 20 years. She has worked in labor and delivery, well baby nursery, and neonatal intensive care as both a staff nurse and travel nurse across the United States.
Christina also enjoys educating moms and has taught classes at her local hospitals including caring for your newborn, breast feeding, as well as CPR for infants. Christina loves her role as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. As an IBCLC she provides lactation education, lactation management and support to new parents as well as expectant moms. She works with moms to develop a personalized breast feeding journey.
As a mom herself she knows that every mom’s journey is important and individual. Christina has been married for 25 years and has 3 boys and 2 dogs. When she has some free time you will find her sitting by the pool reading a good book or doing some gardening. A fun fact about her is that she played trumpet for over 10 years and can still pick it up and play a little tune today.
