Hi there. I’m Rosemary.

(she/they) I’m a full spectrum reproductive health & sexuality educator and certified fertility awareness educator, with a background in anthropology, birth and lactation support, nature education, and permaculture. I am deeply rooted in the Cascadian bioregion (Pacific Northwest of the so-called United States), though I am a settler on this land, currently calling Kalapuya Ilihi and the Willamette River watershed in western Oregon home.

My work circumnavigates and intersects with many aspects of gender, sexuality and reproduction, and has shifted over the years. My current focus is on:

☽ sympto-thermal cycle charting & fertility awareness education for anyone with the capacity to cycle who wants to exercise reproductive autonomy, increase body literacy, address hormonal questions, effectively avoid pregnancy or achieve pregnancy

☽ providing information & support around all forms of contraception, emergency contraception & pregnancy termination

☽ supporting & educating parents of trans, nonbinary & gender-expansive kids & teens

☽ puberty & sexuality education centering trans and nonbinary experiences

As a queer parent of gender-expansive kids, I love to work with people and families of all kinds, and I am affirming of queer, trans, nonbinary, gender-expansive, and polyamorous/non-monogamous folks, as well as knowledgeable about intersex issues. I strongly believe that gender and sexual diversity are normal parts of natural human diversity, and we need to make sure our laws and social institutions, as well as popular culture and common understanding, come to reflect this.

I have been practicing fertility awareness myself since 2008, teaching/consulting since 2013 (as a certified FAE since 2018), and am active in the Association of Fertility Awareness Professionals, an international organization representing secular, pro-choice, inclusive training programs and educators demonstrating a high level of scientific literacy and a dedication to uplifting reproductive justice work.

I support anti-racism and social justice work in my field and in my local community, and I strive to dismantle systems of capitalism, patriarchy & white supremacy through involvement in and support of organizations doing this work, through offering a reparations-based discount rate on my services, and through continually shifting my approach and perspective as I listen and learn. I am actively learning how to be more accessible to disabled folks as well.

Certifications, qualifications & degrees

  • I became certified as a Fertility Awareness Educator and Sexual/Reproductive Health Educator in January 2018, after completing the 2-year teacher training program through The Well School of Body Literacy, one of only four programs accredited by The Association of Fertility Awareness Professionals.

  • I’ve been successfully practicing sympto-thermal cycle tracking since 2008. I’ve practiced FAM to avoid pregnancy, to get pregnant (twice), and at this stage in my life, I continue to monitor my reproductive health and hormonal changes in early perimenopause.

    I started teaching FAM in 2013, and became a certified educator in 2018. In early 2023 I began working for Maven Clinic, an international telehealth company focusing on reproductive and family wellness, through which I get to consult about fertility awareness with folks from all around the world! (Hint: if you have access to Maven Clinic through your employer/health insurance, you can look me up and work with me at no additional cost!)

  • I initially trained as a birth doula and then apprenticed with a home birth midwife, assisting at a dozen births, at home and in hospital/birth centers. After the birth of my first child, I focused my efforts on the education side, earning certifications as a Childbirth Educator (with the International Childbirth Education Association) and Lactation Educator (through Evergreen Perinatal Educators & Bastyr University). I spent 5 years as an active La Leche League Leader, providing lactation education and support to pregnant people and parents. While I am no longer actively teaching childbirth classes or providing lactation support/education, I am more than happy to include my expertise in my work with clients when needed!

    My initial foray into the reproductive health field was as a volunteer abortion doula/advocate with Planned Parenthood while in college, and a few years working in policy and education with NARAL and the Feminist Majority Foundation in the early 2000s. Abortion advocacy has always been a big part of my work, and I have also trained in home abortion provision and counseling/support for pregnancy termination methods.

    In 2022 I completed Nadine Thornhill’s Sex Educator Super Starter program, to jump start my transition into more general sexuality education.

  • In 2022-2023 I was in the first cohort of the 9-month Gender Diversity Certificate Program, a joint effort between the Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling, and the TransActive Gender Project, and in June 2023 received a graduate certificate from this program.

  • I received my BA in anthropology and art in 2003 (Willamette University), and my MSc in cultural anthropology in 2009 (Université de Montréal). I also hold a Permaculture Design Certificate from 2009 and a Permaculture Teacher Training certificate from 2017 (Earth Activist Training).