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Dee Ann Moss
BIO: Introducing our December 2024 Scholarship recipient of our END- OF- LIFE DOULA certificate training & Internship Winner. & Earned her EOL Doula Certification in March of 2025. 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
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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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Karin Stevens
Karin is from Traverse City and has long-term experience providing compassionate care for friends and family.
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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
I was born and raised in the small city of Midland Michigan. Went to Columbia College in Chicago for advertising. Worked at the Chicago Board of Trade for a decade. Changed my path and started a career in photography. Where I remained until my father started having difficulties at home so I moved back to
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Sue M. Papajesk, Exec. Director
BBA, CNA, Certified End of Life Doula, Certified Doula Care Consultant, Certified Elder Care Doula, End of Life Doula Trainer, Certified After Death Educator **John Glenn HS, Bay City, MI, 1976, Delta College, University Center, 1977 (Special Education) Bay City School of Commerce, 1983 (Accounting, medical, transcription) State of Michigan,1985 (CMH: CNA/Group Home Management/ Dual-diagnosed)
Angela Shook is an end-of-life doula, companion animal doula and the Past President of the National End-of-Life-Doula Alliance (NEDA). She is an instructor for the doula programs at the University of Vermont and offers multiple end-of-life educational workshops and grief support groups. She is a veterinary doula with Pet Well Mobile Vet where she assists with euthanasia and the end-of-life care and support of companion animals. Angela has received the Animal Hospice Advocate Certificate from the International Association for Animal Hospice and Palliative Care (IAAHPC). She is a certified Pet Loss Grief Specialist through the Association of Pet Loss and Bereavement. She is also the owner of Dragonfly End-of-Life Services where she provides guidance and support to the dying and those who love them across the globe.
Angela and her doula work have been featured in Time Magazine, The New York Times, Well + Good Magazine and several podcasts including End-of-Life University, Best Life Best Death and Wolfie’s Wish. She is the co-author of The Doula Tool Kit: The Complete Practical Guide for End-of-Life Doulas and Caregivers. www.angelashook.com