QUATIA OSORIO

Quatia Osorio BS-HSM, BSBA, CCHW, CLC, MCHS CPE MCHW, Doula is a Rhode Island native born and raised. Bryant University graduate, certified (perinatal) community health worker, certified lactation counselor, maternal child health specialist, certified perinatal educator, community birth and postpartum doula. Currently, a student at National College of Midwifery, pursuing her degree in Midwifery, Da Roots Midwifery School (Holistic Traditional Midwifery) for complimentary Midwifery in the Traditional Arts of Midwifery. Additionally, attending Bastyr University for their Masters in Maternal Child Health Systems to expand her knowledge and research. 

 

The Founding Executive Director of the Urban Perinatal Education Center, 

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She is the Founder and Director of Perinatal Workforce Development at Our Journ3i, LLC, a perinatal community-led, based wellness center focusing on eliminating health determinants of communities of color through maternal support, education, advocacy, and awareness. Our focus is on racially, cultural diverse maternal and perinatal workforce development, training, mentorship, and professional development. We are opening our first maternal health hub in 2026 for a collaborative collective in the perinatal ecosystem, including telehealth provider services. 

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Agency owner and operator of the first doula agency in RI through MCO partnership, RI Perinatal Doula Agency in Pawtucket, RI. She seeks to expand birth and postpartum doula through MCO and provider referral based services to families.

 

She is the facilitator of Chocolate Milk Cafe RI, a Black breastfeeding support group focusing on increasing and extending the duration of breastmilk feeding and nursing families. It is an IBCLE approved volunteer organization. Chocolate Milk Cafe RI promotes health equity amongst the breastfeeding communities.

 

She is a Rhode Island Community Health Impact Leader,  HealthConnectOne Birth Equity Leader and CityMatCH CityLeader in Rhode Island. A Maternal Child Health Advocate she currently continues her studies to becomes a Certified Midwife. 

 

She is the owner of Quaintly Farm, a Black Woman Owned Micro-Urban Farm located in the Northern End of Providence. She is the community garden leader at Charles Street Community Garden. She believes food justice is about empowering those in the communities to build networks and work together. She plans to offer a vegetable, herb and flower free-standing farm stand in her community to encourage others to implement the "each one reach one" model of holistic community care and support.