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Dee Moss
BIO: Introducing our December 2024 Scholarship recipient of our END- OF- LIFE DOULA certificate training & Internship Winner. Dee has a history of long- term elder care in the elder care industry including supporting families during the death process and dementia care. She has a big heart and loves working with the elderly. Her current
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Elizabeth Bradfield
Elizabeth Bradfield is a Hospice Care Consultant with over a decade of experience in the end-of-life field. She is a passionate educator who works with adults of all ages, emphasizing the importance of proactive end-of-life planning. Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Grand Valley State University, with a concentration in Health and Human
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Krista Cain
Krista Cain of Sweetwater Doula provides skillful guidance in birth and death experiences. Krista helps clients balance the intensities and paradoxes that arise at life’s beginnings and endings with tenderness and grit. She’s known for her depth of knowledge, hands-on expertise, contagious authenticity, and capacity to honor each person’s unique story as it unfolds. Special focus:
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Maristela Zell, PhD, LMSW
I have over 30 years of combined experience as a psychotherapist, healer, educator, and end-of-life doula. I am also the content producer for Whispers of Departure, with WUWU 100.1 Frankfort/Elberta, Michigan. As an end-of-life educator, I help individuals and families in very practical ways to avoid the turmoil that so many people experience surrounding the
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Michelle Merriman
Bio: Introducing Michelle Merriman, our December 2024 Scholarship recipient & END- OF- LIFE DOULA training certificate & Internship Winner. Michelle hails from Bear Lake, Michigan. Her long- term elder & critical care experience will be a great fit for our families.
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Rebecca Grove
Bio: Introducing Rebecca Grove, our December 2024 Scholarship recipient & END- OF- LIFE DOULA certificate training & Internship Winner. Rebecca has long-term elder care experience. She comes from a background of Real Estate and Sales & graphic design in the Big Rapids Area.
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Stephanie Adams
Bio : Introducing Stephanie Adams, our December 2024 Scholarship & END- OF- LIFE DOULA Certificate training & Internship Winner. Stephanie is formerly from Midland, Michigan and now hails in Traverse City, Michigan. Stephanie has extensive experience working in critical & dementia care services.
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Sue Papajesk
Executive Director, Coordinator Driven by a lifelong commitment to compassion and service, I have dedicated my career to supporting individuals across the lifespan—especially those facing disability, illness, or socioeconomic barriers. Inspired early by my mother’s example of caring for elderly neighbors in our Bay City community, I grew up believing that faith, prayer, kindness, respect,
End of Life Doulas & Senior Services of N.W. Michigan
Sister agencies providing compassionate elder care services throughout the Grand Traverse & Leelanau Region
