Our Birth Assistants
Alyssa Oprey, RN
Alyssa's interest in childbirth began when she was in nursing school over 15 years ago and then grew once she and her husband began having children of their own. They now live in Huntington and have four children, each a result of a wonderful, positive homebirth experience. In addition to birth assisting, Alyssa is a certified birth doula, works locally as a labor, delivery, and postpartum nurse, and serves new families as a postpartum doula with Fort Wayne Doulas.
Christina Perry, RN
Christina grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, then spent 10 years living in North Carolina, before moving back to Fort Wayne with her husband and son in 2020. She has been a nurse since 2017. Along with working as a nurse part time,she is also a birth and postpartum doula. She can’t imagine anything in life being more fulfilling than helping families navigate their pregnancy, birth, and postpartum time. For Christina, it is a joy to be a witness to these experiences and an honor to have an active part in helping during one of the biggest transitions in life. In her free time she loves spending time with family, weight lifting, hiking, traveling, and baking. She will never turn down the opportunity to try something new or visit a new place!”
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Emily Fry
Emily has been a DONA international trained Birth Doula since 2018. Helping families create a beautiful birthing environment and birth team is what she loves to do! She's worked in the health care industry since high school. It is safe to say healthcare is her calling. She has two children and she and her husband have been together for 8 years. They love to travel and explore with their children. They have also found a love for rescuing and adopting animals! Emily is currently pursuing a PHD in psychology. In her free time, she loves to relax with a book, coffee, or even watch a movie with her kids.
Alyssa Dickerson, Certified Nurse-Midwife
Alisa Perozo-Dickerson (Alyssa) CNM, CPM, DNP, MSN, RN, PMH-C
Alisa (Alyssa) Dickerson is a Certified Nurse-Midwife in Huntington, Indiana. Midwife Alyssa (Alisa) has been taking care of her local community since Spring of 2020, when the pandemic created a need for alternative access to healthcare outside of the traditional.
She received her Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) from Missouri State University in 2023, and a MSN degree from Frontier Nursing University in 2019. She has been a Registered Nurse since 2013, with experience as both a Cardiac and Labor and Birth Nurse.
Most recently, Alyssa worked alongside a team of OBGYNs and CNMs in serving patients seeking fertility and midwifery care, where she provided prenatal care, and attended births in a CABC certified, out-of-hospital birthing center, and in-hospital.
Alyssa has served her local community offering out-of-hospital birth, women's health, and mental health services for 4 years. She has also served families providing new family coaching, newborn care and childbirth education.
Her passions include learning languages, teaching, helping others through therapeutic communication, and spending time with her family. Alyssa focuses on evidence-based practice in childbirth, with a special attention to the local community, and the process of creating a new family.
Her strengths are her empathy, ability to connect with others, and optimistic outlook. Specialties: Linguistics, Perinatal Mental Health, Spanish/English/French, New family coaching, and Leadership