Open Arms Perinatal Services
Lillian Hernandez is an experienced professional with a diverse skill set in interpretation, administrative support, and childbirth education. Since August 2011, Lillian has served as a Certified Spanish Interpreter for the State of Washington, utilizing both consecutive and simultaneous translation techniques. In addition, Lillian has been an Administrative Assistant at Why Not You Academy since August 2022, focusing on daily operational support and assisting Spanish-speaking students. As a trained Birth Doula with Open Arms Perinatal Services since May 2017, Lillian provides comprehensive education and support for clients preparing for labor and birth. Lillian also works as a Medical Interpreter for Yohana International and Universal Language Service, Inc., facilitating communication between non-English speaking clients and medical staff. Lillian holds multiple certificates in language interpretation, computer technology, and bookkeeping from various educational institutions.
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Open Arms Perinatal Services
Open Arms Perinatal Services is an innovative nonprofit dedicated to providing strong community-based support for birthing people through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. We have provided services to pregnant people and their families in the Puget Sound area since 1997. The time around the birth of a baby is a transformational time for parents and is a tremendous opportunity to support families in getting the best start in life. Through doula care and lactation peer support, we achieve better health outcomes, strengthen parent-baby bonding and increase parental self-advocacy skills. Open Arms’ unique services include home visits beginning during pregnancy, attendance at the birth of the baby, and ongoing support. We provide referrals and early parenting education up to two years after a baby is born. We also provide home visits by trained counselors to support lactation. In all of our services, we carefully match clients to care providers from the same community whenever possible, and we have the capacity to work with clients in nine different languages. Our work is foundational for maternal-infant health and early learning efforts. Open Arms serves about 500 families each year, supporting and caring for families with low income at a pivotal time when the positive impact is most profound.