OUR EXPERTS

Bente Kaiser is a board-certified OB/GYN. In 2010, she founded her private practice with the philosophy that each patient is an individual deserving a unique approach.In 2000, Bente earned her medical degree, graduating with honors from the Free University of Brussels in Belgium. She completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Bronx Lebanon Hospital and a two-year fellowship in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

In 2008, Bente and her family moved to Los Angeles, where she holds full privileges at Huntington Hospital and CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, where she served two terms as chair of the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Born in Norway of Dutch parents and partially raised in Germany, Bente speaks Spanish, Dutch, German, French, and Norwegian. She lives in South Pasadena with her husband and two children.

Sara Howard is a Licensed Midwife (LM), Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) with a previous career in nonprofit and healthcare advocacy.

Sara was licensed as a midwife in 2013, and has worked in local private practices, hospitals, and birth centers. In 2017, she started her own practice, Horizon Midwifery, to provide home birth services, well-person care, preconception, and lactation support for people and families on the eastside of LA.

She proudly hails from the south side of Chicago and happily resides in Highland Park with her four kids (two sets of twins!) and cattle dog.

Jessica Diggs, LM, CPM, is a midwife and reproductive health educator. Her journey in birth work began in 2012 when she trained to be a birth doula. Over the years, she has supported hundreds of  LA families as a doula or childbirth educator. In 2019, she became a licensed midwife and started her solo practice specializing in holistic gynecological care, home birth, and conception support. 

Jessica has a skill and love for making childbirth and reproductive education digestible and accessible for all people. She shares those skills with several brands as an education advisor; creating or reviewing reproductive health content for their clientele. Jessica is passionate about bringing midwifery care to all spaces even if she can not be at every birth.

When she’s not talking birth and bodies, she loves hosting dinner parties, traveling the world to eat, and devouring a good book.

Julia Underwood has been a dedicated doula and childbirth educator since 2012. She resides in Pasadena with her husband, two children, and their beloved pets. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Midwifery from the Midwives College of Utah, licensed by the California Medical Board, and is certified by the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM). To ensure she provides the highest quality of care, Julia engages in various continuing education courses throughout the year to stay current with the latest research and medical practices.

Julia extends her passion for birth by training doulas through Doula Training International (DTI). Her passion for doula mentorship led to her becoming a co-founder of Centered, a community that helps cultivate a thriving business for doulas. She is committed to providing culturally competent inclusive care and supporting other birth workers to provide the same type of care.

Born in New York and raised by Paraguayan parents, her journey to birth work started with inspirations from her great aunt, the “neighborhood midwife” in rural Paraguay. In 2024 Anahi received her Masters of Science in Midwifery from SUNY Downstate. During her studies in New York, she also gained invaluable experience by working alongside top doctors and midwives at River & Mountain Midwives and Northwell Health with Full Circle Midwives. Anahi values culture and family, she graduated from Siena College with a BA in Spanish. She also worked at Planned Parenthood as a health care assistant giving countless women essential reproductive healthcare. Anahi has a strong passion for providing compassionate care to everyone she works with.

Ines Morales is our medical assistant and phlebotomist. She loves to keep busy and is constantly moving. She's been with the team since 2016. She lives in Santa Clarita with her family and travels all that way because she loves her job!

Desiree has been working with Bente Kaiser since she went into private practice. She worked in HR before becoming a stay-at-home mom for several years. In 2010, she was asked to return to school to learn medical billing and join the adventure which would eventually evolve into Moxie Birth. She enjoys RV camping, baking and reading. She lives in Alhambra with her family and fur baby.