About Me
Hi, I’m Kia. I’ve spent over a decade caring for newborns and supporting families professionally and personally during some of the most intense and emotional moments of their lives.
My journey began as a child- I’ve always been drawn to nurturing roles. From playing with dolls as a little girl to babysitting as a teen, I knew that I wanted to build a career centered around caregiving. In high school I started as a Cleveland Clinic Nursing Intern in Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, and the Newborn Nursery. I went on to college and obtained two Bachelor’s degrees (Human Ecology: Human Development Family Science from The Ohio State University and Post-Baccalaureate Nursing from Kent State University). I’m also working towards a Master’s degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner.
My nursing career includes 8 years in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and 7 years in Case Management (both adult and NICU).
Driven by passion
What truly shaped Baby Steps wasn’t just my career experiences- it was becoming a mother myself.
As a mother of 3, I know what it’s like to bring a newborn home and feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and stressed. Between sleepless nights, breastfeeding challenges, and the constant worry about doing everything “right,” I understand the pressure parents feel because I felt it. All of it. I even experienced Post Partum Depression twice, and had very little help in the home. What I needed most weren’t big solutions-I needed small pockets of relief, guidance, and someone who truly understood what those early weeks feel like.
Baby Steps was created for families in that exact season.
This program isn’t about handing your baby off to a babysitter-it’s thoughtful, reliable, guided newborn care through a gentle structure. The program supports infant feeding, daily rhythms, observation of patterns as they form, and helping families make sense of what their baby is communicating.
Parents choose Baby Steps because I combine medical expertise with care, confidence and discernment, day to day consistency, and genuine empathy. Over a short period of time my hope is to help parents feel less reactive, more grounded, (a little more rested), and more confident in their own caregiving. My main goal is simple: walking alongside your family through the early weeks with your baby- One step at a time*.
*I bring years of nursing experience to Baby Steps, but the program is not practicing medicine — it’s hands-on newborn support and following MD orders for infants with special needs. I am also trained in Infant CPR. References from trusted colleagues are available upon request.