Meet The Tandem Team
Administrative Team
Julie Duhon
Executive Director
Julie grew up in Bloomington, Indiana. After high school, she traveled internationally for three years, living and studying in Krakow, Poland and Kerala, India, before returning to Indiana University for her degree in Mathematics. She then moved to Wisconsin to work as a “Problem Solver” at Epic, working on inpatient and oncology electronic health records software. After that, she worked for Stanford Health Care in Palo Alto, California working first in clinical informatics before moving into IT infrastructure and management. Julie has three children who are her “why.” Julie is also an adjunct instructor of Healthcare Informatics Management at Indiana University, Bloomington.
Erin Loughery
Office Manager
Erin is a mom to two and wife to one. They grew up in a suburb of Philadelphia and moved out to Bloomington for school in 2012 before putting their roots down and starting their family. Erin’s background is in Early Childhood Education and child development, an interest that started when she was young and helping with her mom’s in-home daycare.
When they’re not working, Erin likes to write, watch football, and spend time outside with friends.
Yvonne Hensley
Access, Collaboration, and Equity Director
Yvonne Hensley is a proud Black, Queer mom and Queen. She is dedicated to advocating for mothers, farmers, and families in need. With over 15 years of experience in the medical field, early childhood education, and perinatal care, she is deeply committed to providing equitable support to all communities, particularly those facing systemic challenges in today’s society.
Trained as a Birth Doula, Yvonne actively engages with multiple organizations, serving on boards such as Milk Matters, the Monroe County Fair Board, the Food Policy Council, and the People’s Cooperative Market.
In her spare time, Yvonne enjoys crocheting, gardening, painting, and foraging. She cherishes playful moments with her three children, two corgi pups, and a kitty cat, ensuring that her home is always lively and full of joy.
Postpartum House Team
Jenni Jurijczuk
Lead Postpartum Doula
Jenni is a mom and postpartum doula that lives in Owen County. She grew up in far Northeastern Illinois, then relocated to Indiana in 2004. She has been involved in multiple avenues of perinatal and family support following the birth of her first child in
2014. The complicated birth of her second child in 2018 and her difficult postpartum experience solidified her calling to become a doula.
Jenni is currently working toward her Maternal Service Provider (Full Spectrum Doula) certification from Bebo Mia. She believes that all families should have access to quality, trauma-informed, evidence- based support throughout their entire journey. She also holds a special place in her heart for families experiencing NICU stays, and those residing in rural and underserved communities. When she’s not working or volunteering, she can be found hiking, camping, and adventuring around the US with her husband, John, two children, Max and Mila, and rescue pup, Blaze.
Sarah Bruner
Postpartum Doula
Sarah is the child of a home birth in a small Canadian city outside of Toronto. From a young age she was told about her birth story, which included midwives, doulas, lots of bruschetta, and beautiful silk scarves. This story is still shared often in Sarah’s household and is usually accompanied by several photos and much joy.
After graduating high school, Sarah took two gap years living in England and Australia. She returned to Bloomington and graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Human Development and Family Studies. She worked the next four years as a Patient Advocate, breaking down barriers to access health care. Sarah decided to go back to Indiana University to pursue a nursing degree and become a Certified Nurse Midwife. She will start an Accelerated Nursing Degree at IU in fall of 2024. When she’s not studying for nursing school, she is often traveling the world or getting outside with her two dogs.
Jenna Jarosinski
Postpartum Doula
Jenna is fluent in Spanish, a Certified Lactation Educator, and aspiring pelvic floor physical therapist. After confronting health issues in high school, Jenna developed a passion for studying cultural differences in perceptions of health and healing and increasing access to patient-center healthcare. Her experiences led her to study Bioanthropology and Spanish at Indiana University. In and out of the classroom, she observed the ways in which honoring the mother-baby bond could improve mental and physical health throughout the lifespan, which inspired her to focus her work on postpartum families.
After graduation, Jenna lived in Washington, D.C., Colombia, and Albania. She returned to Bloomington in 2023, hoping to establish community, serve postpartum families, and pursue her degree in physical therapy. Outside of Tandem, Jenna works at Milk Matters, shadows at the Monroe County WIC office, and is a part-time student. In her free time, she enjoys swimming, kettlebell training, cooking, and reading.
Te Silva
Postpartum Doula
Te is one of Tandem’s postpartum doulas and a Certified Cool Guy. Originally from Texas, after having traveled all over, in 2009 Te hopped off a freight train and unpacked his bindle in Bloomington. Over the next decade and half, he spent time building community and supporting folks across multiple settings, from homeless outreach to street medic to labor & delivery nurse.
Te knows that seeking and accessing any type of care & support can be stressful. In his work with Tandem Te brings a compassionate, anti-oppressive, and patient approach to supporting parents and kids alike.
He’s been voted “most likely to be asked to hang out by toddlers” and “#1 maternity jeans sorter.”
Beyond his work at Tandem, Te loves reading, taxidermy, watching movies with friends, phrenology, and snuggling his cat, Ted K. Only some of these hobbies are real, but you’ll have to chat with him to find out which!
Margo Brennan
Postpartum Doula
From a young age, pregnancy, birth, and babies always fascinated and resonated with Margo. As a 9 year old, she would search the shelves of Blockbuster looking for any and all movies with a pregnant person or baby on it (Look Who’s Talking, Junior, Three Men and a Baby, there happened to be a lot of these movies back in the 90s!)
After graduating from Bloomington High School North, and then pursuing a degree in Japanese and Psychology at Purdue University, Margo taught preschool in Seattle for a number of years. From there, she moved to Kansai, Japan where she continued working as a teacher.
In 2022, Margo returned to Bloomington to pursue her long awaited dream of becoming a doula. She is now a certified birth and postpartum doula through DONA
International Margo loves understanding and supporting the dynamics of each unique family she works with. In her free time, she likes to read and cycle.
Fatima Ahmed
Postpartum Doula
Fatima is a Bloomington local who is soon to be an IU grad with a Comprehensive Design major.
Fatima has 6 nieces and nephews, who she has helped to raise from birth. This has made her extremely comfortable handling newborns and made her realize the importance of postpartum care for parents. Her experience has also given her key insights into unique ways to help newborns and parents.
Fatima has lived in Bloomington for most of her life. She is invested in her community and finding ways to help it grow and flourish. In her free time, Fatima enjoys reading fiction books, drinking tea, and walking.
Sydney Spencer
Postpartum Doula
Sydney is a postpartum doula, chef, and outdoor early childhood educator, who was born and raised in Bloomington. Her entry into the perinatal health world happened after attending a close friends birth and caring for her in the weeks and months following. She formed a love for postpartum care, and after a few years found Innate Traditions, and took their training. She has been a practicing postpartum doula and postpartum personal chef for 4 years. She is also an outdoor early childhood educator and is passionate about providing children with child led free play in an outdoor setting. In her free time she enjoys dancing, cooking and baking, swimming, and practicing herbalism.
Clinical ServicesTeam
Alison Case
Medical Director
Alison is midwestern all around–born in Illinois, grew up in Ohio, went to DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, Medical School at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, and finished family medicine in Fort Wayne, Indiana with a focus on women’s health. She spent a year between medical school and residency working as a fellow with the American Medical Student Association outside Washington DC organizing with medical students across the country on a variety of progressive issues. She also pursued additional training in obstetrics, abortion care, and addiction in pregnancy in Albuquerque, New Mexico for 9 months following family medicine residency. She is currently a full spectrum family medicine provider in Indianapolis and also provides abortion care in South Bend and Bloomington. Alison is a reproductive justice advocate spending time with various groups advocating for access to healthcare and safer, more equitable communities. She is the leader of the Indiana Reproductive Health Access Project Indiana chapter and on the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians Legislative Committee. She lives in Indianapolis with her two cats, Rex and Ahsoka, and a tankful of aquatic friends.
Enabah Seda
Certified Nurse Midwife
Enabah’s midwifery journey started when she looked up and saw Mary Helen Ayres about to lead her medical anthropology class. She listened attentively, and left class that day entirely re-routed in her goal to enhance the lives of women and people with holistic health care. Ready to apply to medical school, she shifted her applications towards midwifery (the profession her father prayed she would enter, naming her after the midwife who delivered her as a baby). Enabah studied to become a doula, and then spent a year volunteering with and assisting midwives in various parts of the world including Ghana, Kashmir, and Guatemala, In Guatemala, she developed a close apprenticeship with a Mayan midwife, Dona Ana, who wrote a letter of recommendation for Enabah to attend Yale School of Nursing to complete her Masters of Science in Nursing. After graduating, Enabah worked as a Certified Nurse Midwife at an urban community health center in Connecticut while continuing to work as a doula and homebirth assistant. Enabah has experienced first hand the challenges and joys of pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and mothering giving birth to five children at home and raising a special needs child.
She loves connecting with people “as they are”, and is hopeful to bring compassionate care to those who walk through Tandem’s doors. Outside of midwifery, Enabah enjoys volunteering, gardening, joining her women’s self-development group, and spending time outdoors with her family.
Katie Barrus
Perinatal Educator
Katie is a mom, birth doula, and doctoral student living in Bloomington, IN. Katie had a long, challenging labor with her first child in 2018, luckily with a pair of angelic doulas by her side. This experience informed her of the importance of doula support, especially in a society that doesn’t typically prepare us well for childbirth.
Katie is certified as a Holistic Birth Doula through The Matrona, and she is also an Evidence Based Birth Instructor. She believes that all families should have easy access to the most recent evidence when making decisions with their perinatal care providers.
She has experience supporting birth doula clients in hospital and home birth settings (and hopefully birth center settings soon!). When she is not at a birth or meeting with families, she can be found picking away at her dissertation, baking, or hiking with her three children and husband, Hasan.
Molly Mendota
Social Worker, Group Leader
Molly Mendota is a mom, birth worker, and social worker, who has lived in Bloomington for most of her life. She is passionate about supporting perinatal mental health and informed choice in reproductive health and parenting. Molly believes deeply in the healing power of relationship and connection. Molly facilitates Tandem’s mental health support groups, and teaches birth classes designed to ease the physical and emotional intensity of birth. Molly lives with her adolescent daughter, who just keeps getting cooler and more fun. When she is not working or parenting, Molly likes to knit, read novels, write, and have coffee with friends.
Kim Henderson
Birth Assistant
Kimberly Henderson, LPN is a birth assistant with Tandem and in the community, a birth doula, a nurse, a mother of four children and a midwifery student. She became passionate about birth in her early teens, with a renewed commitment to create better births and reproductive rights for women after traumatic prenatal care and births with two of her children.
When she’s not doing something “birth” related, you can find her on her farm in Beanblossom, growing veggies, fruit and animals or playing with or reading to her kids.
Haddie Katz
Clinical Services Director, Perinatal Educator
Haddie was born and raised in Bloomington, Indiana. After completing her BA in Gender Studies and Human Sexuality from Indiana University, she became a Certified Doula (CD, DONA). She served as a doula in home and hospital settings while learning about out-of-hospital birth. She started her midwifery education in Indiana, before moving to attend the Florida School of Traditional Midwifery. There, she completed her MEAC-accredited program and full-time apprenticeship through three birth center/home birth practices. She practiced for several years in home and birth center settings before returning to Bloomington. Haddie is a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM), Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) and childbirth educator. She actively serves the home birth midwifery community while attending school and raising a boisterous child.