Dr. Diljot Virdi is a chiropractor and co-owner of Mulberry Chiropractic in Houston, Texas. She specializes in family, pregnancy, and pediatric chiropractic care and is passionate about helping women have healthy, empowered pregnancies and postpartum experiences. Through her work, she helps support mothers from preconception through motherhood with a focus on nervous system health and whole-family wellness.

Using a gentle, nervous-system-focused approach to chiropractic care, Dr. Virdi helps identify and correct areas of stress and tension within the spine that can affect how the body functions and adapts. Her goal is to help mothers and families feel, move, and function at their best throughout pregnancy, postpartum recovery, and beyond.

With over five years of experience, Natalie Guzman is a dedicated Salvadorian doula and apprenticed midwife passionate about supporting Spanish-speaking families through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Rooted in cultural traditions and and holistic care, Natalie Guzman provides compassionate guidance, education, and advocacy to ensure families feel empowered and nurtured during their birthing journey.

Committed to creating a safe and informed space, Natalie Guzman specializes in personalized birth plans, emotional support, and postpartum recovery, always honoring the unique needs of each family. Whether it’s a first-time parent or a growing family, Natalie Guzman is devoted to uplifting and empowering the community, one birth at a time. You can find her on Instagram as Sweet Surrender Doula

Dr. Diljot Virdi & Natalie Guzman

Jolene Tollett is a twenty year veteran of Montessori, discovering the educational method right here in Houston. Jolene graduated from Texas Tech University before trying out many places before settling in Houston where she taught in one of HISD’s public Montessori schools. She has a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Curriculum and Development and is the Director of MOLO Bilingual Montessori School in Westchase. She has presented her own curricula as well as research within the state and nationwide.

Her daughter who is now 13, started Montessori at three months old and went through 5th grade. She spends her free time driving her child around to various sports practices and managing a household with three dogs and a teen in it. She also makes time to volunteer with the local dog rescue Pup Squad, Houston Heights Woman’s Club and an supports TEAM (Texas Education and Advocacy for Montessori) where she can.

Jolene Tollett on Montessori Eduction

Jackie Griggs, CNM, is a Certified Nurse Midwife who has been practicing in the Houston/Beaumont area for the past 35 years. She is a mom of 5 grown sons, 3 born at home with the help of midwives. Three grandchildren, ages 2,6, and 9, who are the light of her life. She has helped mainly with home and birth center births, but has worked in the hospital some as well. She is the owner of a birth center in Beaumont, Birth Center of Beaumont and also helps with home births in the Houston area. She has been on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Birth Centers, and still is a very big advocate for midwifery care at a birth center or home, for the women of this country. She is also focused on training new midwifery students and helping to increase the number of birth centers in Texas and the United States.

Kailee Viator is a 35 year old artist, working mainly as a tattooer. Her husband Trevor is a personal trainer and Brazilian jiu jitsu instructor. They have been together for ten years and finally decided to try for a child one year ago, after a long time of claiming that they did not want children. Their son Forrest was born on March 27th. They are planning on him being an only child and are looking forward to raising him in their home in the woods.

Kara Chandler is a mom of five energetic kids, four boys and one girl. She is originally from Utah, where she studied music at BYU. She has been married 18 years to her handsome chemical engineer husband and they have lived in Texas for about 13 years. Her oldest three sons are ages 16, 14, and 10, followed by a spunky six year daughter, and her most recent baby, Kaleb (a.k.a. “chunky little love”), was born on Valentine’s Day and is about three months old. She loves her children more deeply than she ever thought possible, even though she was a bit hesitant about becoming a mother. She enjoys learning about natural health, walking with her baby, playing horn with the Bay Area Philharmonic, watching her kids devour homemade sourdough bread and perform their various sport and musical events, playing piano for her church, and doing pilates on the porch. She plans to keep homeschooling, ease back into running with her husband and kids, and camp as much as possible with her family this summer.

Jackie Griggs, CNM, Kailee Viator & Kara Chandler