Dr. Gleisner earned her doctorate in naturopathic medicine and midwifery certificate at Bastyr University.  After practicing for a number of years in Los Angeles, she returned to her home town to build Sprout Birth Center. Her background in the health insurance industry stimulated her interest in naturopathic medicine, which empowers patients to participate in their own personal health and well-being through dialogue and education. She views the care of a patient’s health as a long-term, collaborative partnership.

Dr. Gleisner has served on several boards and committees in California and Washington related to quality improvement for clinical care.  She is currently involved in hospital collaboration, facility requirements, healthcare policy and beta testing clinical software.  She also trains students and new midwives while seeing patients as a midwife and naturopathic doctor.

When not running the clinic, Dr. Gleisner is usually baking, knitting or crafting, often with her husband and daughter.

Camila was born and raised in Brazil, where she obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology and Political Sciences at the University of Campinas.

After moving to Boston, Camila trained as a Professional Medical Interpreter, providing interpreting and translation services for Harvard’s three hospital campuses and numerous health clinics. This was Camila’s introduction to working in healthcare, and the first time she learned about the Midwifery Model of Care and options in childbirth. Learning more about the harsh challenges of our current healthcare system, especially embodied in how maternity care is currently provided to many families, brought out a passion and determination to contribute to a change in health care that Camila couldn’t have anticipated.

Since then, Camila has incessantly sought out training and experience in both Brazil and the US in order to provide maternity services for diverse populations and become an agent of change.  She certified as a midwife assistant at The Farm Midwifery Center in Tennessee and trained as a Midwife at Bastyr University in Seattle.

Camila is a fierce advocate of health care as a means to empower people to take personal control over their health decisions and their lives. This arises from care that is individualized to each person’s needs, values, priorities, and aspirations, and when healthcare is fully understood as a relationship between person and provider that happens through sharing of knowledge and affection.

Jennifer has been in the medical field since graduating high school. She started working at a plasma collection center while obtaining her Associate of Science degree in medical assisting. From there she worked in a rural healthcare clinic on Orcas Island as a medical assistant/phlebotomist. After moving to “the mainland”, she then started working in the lab at Virginia Mason hospital.

After Jennifer had her second baby with a midwife at a birth center she became enthralled with pregnancy and natural childbirth. She decided to become a doula. Although she loved supporting people in labor as a doula, she realized it wasn’t what she wanted to do. She then enrolled in midwifery school at the Midwives College of Utah, earning her Bachelor in Midwifery. She feels privileged to have the opportunity to help guide families through their pregnancies, birth and postpartum periods.

Jennifer lives by the quote “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are”. This led her and her husband to also become foster parents. In Jennifer’s free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, taking their dogs for walks, cooking and gardening.