Rebecca BSN obtained from Case Western Reserve University in January 2017, where she then served as registered nurse in multiple high acuity areas in Cleveland’s top hospital systems, such as trauma, critical care, and neuro-oncology clinical research. After years of diverse experience, she found her passion in women’s health, where she pursued postpartum nursing. While serving in postpartum, Rebecca also had the privilege of cross covering in antepartum, labor and delivery, and NICU. While caring for families in this area, Rebecca became deeply moved by the many different ways families can grow, and found herself connecting with patients over their own unique experiences in doing so.
Currently, Rebecca serves as a registered nurse in one of the nation’s top fertility clinics. In addition to patient care in these areas, and has served as a leader in several clinical safety, quality improvement, and clinical team engagement and education roles. However she believes that her personal experiences are what led to her passion to help others.
Rebecca has used her own personal experiences of battling infertility and PCOS, recurrent pregnancy loss, fertility treatments, high-risk pregnancy, preterm birth, postpartum complications, breastfeeding, as well as domestic open infant adoption to fuel her dream of being there to support others the way she so desperately needed to be when faced with these experiences herself. It was these experiences that serve as the foundation of her dream for The Daffodil Room Group.
From an early age, Rachel always knew that she wanted to help empower people and help them feel their best. Rachel completed cosmetology school while also graduating high school and has been working as a hair stylist ever since. By day, Rachel can be found at her salon providing hair therapy to her clients while also being a listening ear to allow them to talk about what they are experiencing in their lives. Rachel understands the struggles of infertility all too well, as she was diagnosed with unexplained infertility while trying to grow her family.
After 4 cycles of medicated IUI which led to the birth of her daughter, Rachel knows first hand how incredibly vulnerable the fertility treatment process can be. Since experiencing it herself, she has become an advocate for infertility support, which led to her collaborating with Rebecca to form idea for The Daffodil Room two years prior to it’s official formation in March 2024. Rachel attributes her ability to brave the storm of infertility to her husband and her faith, as she is an active member in her church and has supported many others through similar experiences in her congregation. Due to her openness in sharing her story, so many have found comfort in her kind heart and listening ear. Rachel is dedicated to serving members of her community and ensuring that not one person finds themselves walking alone in the darkness of infertility.
Dereka received her Bachelor of Social Work from Youngstown State University and Master of Science in Social Administration from Case Western Reserve University. She has specialized training in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). Dereka is an LISW-S with over 8 years’ experience working with individuals, families, couples and children. Her professional background includes working in child welfare, as well as hospital, and school settings to now being in private practice.
She is passionate about helping individuals navigate various challenges, whether it be anxiety and depression; grief, perinatal, trauma, or adjusting to medical diagnoses and fears. Her approach is grounded in helping her clients discover their inner voice, establish healthy boundaries, overcome fears, and build confidence.
Through her own experiences with grief, loss and infertility, she has gained an understanding of the deep emotional impact these challenges can bring. She believes in the power of therapy to help you feel more connected to yourself and those around you, improve your mind and heart, and be more present in your everyday life.
She shares that after watching so many of her wonderful friends charter these unexpected waters of battling infertility, she learned a lot about the struggles they faced. Before deciding to start a family of her own, she found herself navigating the waves of infertility. Dereka experienced an undetected ectopic pregnancy that led to emergency surgery, and a 19-month struggle with infertility before she became pregnant with her daughter. These experiences have deepened her empathy, understanding, and insight of the emotional complexities that many women encounter.
Throughout these experiences, she has become hopeful and optimistic about helping others navigate similar challenges, advocate for themselves and raise awareness in this often overlooked and essential area
Courtney is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist based in the Cleveland, Ohio area. She completed both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in food and nutrition from Bowling Green State University. As a registered dietitian since 2016, Courtney has been using her skills in nutrition to work in the clinical setting as a geriatric dietitian, in the sports setting as a boxing instructor, and also in the wellness setting as a reliable accountability partner to guide clients through healthy ways of eating. Courtney’s true passion is within women’s health (PCOS, endometriosis, etc.) and fertility. Going through her own struggles, she can relate to many clients and has seen the power good nutrition can do for women. Courtney enjoys finding ways to make all foods fit into our diets, and loves teaching people how any food can bring benefit to the human body. She is a big believer in intuitive eating and is inspired by the healthy at every size movement.
Initial consultation includes review of medical history, diet history, obtaining a current diet recall, anthropometrics (ht, wt, etc.), exercise. We will develop a plan together and come up with goals between each appointment to help you achieve your optimal health! Follow-ups include review of goals, further diet education, and establishment of new goals/or continuation of current goals.
Crystal received her Bachelors of Science in Health Science in 2018 from Cleveland State University, followed by her Masters in Social Work in 2022. She is skilled in perinatal mental health training through Postpartum International. Crystal is also a trained and certified birth doula (2018), as well as certified in peer lactation and placental encapsulation.
Crystal states that there has never been a time in my life I didn’t find myself working with women. In my last year of my undergraduate degree, I trained as a doula and fell in love with working with women even more and knew this was my path. After undergrad, I applied for an accelerated nursing program and got accepted, but found out I was pregnant. Pregnancy was rough since it was unplanned and looking back I suffered from perinatal depression but didn’t look for help until I was postpartum -where I then learned not many therapists specialized. I questioned myself on how so many women go through this hardship and there are so little therapists who see mamas. I questioned how I had the knowledge, support, and tried my best to prevent but still suffered. It was then I made the decision I’d have to make a change and I applied to graduate school. My last year of graduate school, in Oct 2021 I got a positive pregnancy test and miscarried. It threw me in for a loop and brought me further into my work for women and how much we endure.
Kelsey graduated from Kent State University in 2015 with her bachelor’s degree in nursing. While she discovered her love for Women’s Health from her first day in her OBGYN clinical, Kelsey dedicated the first six years of her nursing career to the Pediatrics specialty, specifically working in Pediatric Oncology and Pediatric Neurology. She later found her niche in nursing when she started working as a Registered Nurse Care Coordinator for one of the nations top fertility clinics in 2023.
Kelsey currently works as the Third Party Care Coordinator, helping to grow and empower families with donor egg and Gestational Carrier services. She feels truly passionate about her work, and is motivated to continue to help her patients navigate what can be an emotionally stressful, lengthy, and overwhelming process. She takes pride in establishing relationships with her patients, and treating each of them as if they are family members. During her time as a fertility nurse, she has had the honor of caring for close, lifelong friends throughout their infertility journey, and has never felt more motivated as a nurse to continue to provide holistic care while guiding her patients every step of the way. She looks forward to many more rewarding years of working with families in the future to help them achieve their family goals.
When she is not working, you can find Kelsey spending time with her husband and two golden retrievers, enjoying the outdoors as much as possible (kayaking in the summer, skiing in the winter!) cozying up with a good book, going for runs, and hanging out with family and friends.
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