Tapestry Birth is a collective of birth professionals founded by Marci Mathew, Cara Birnbaum Harmon, and Lisa Schillo Acevedo. We provide education and support through pregnancy, birth, and early parenting.
Our services include childbirth education, birth and postpartum doula care, breastfeeding support, and other workshops and services to help women, along with their loved ones, build their village and enter parenthood with confidence.
Our services include childbirth education, birth and postpartum doula care, breastfeeding support, and other workshops and services to help women, along with their loved ones, build their village and enter parenthood with confidence.
Lisa Schillo Acevedo
Lisa is the mother of four boys and one Beagle Terrier mix. After the birth of her third son, she left her corporate career behind to spend more time with her family and pursue her passion for helping others. She completed the fourth Community Doula Fellowship at Hudson Perinatal Consortium (now the Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern NJ) in 2013 and is also a Lamaze-trained Childbirth Educator. She has a BA in International Studies from the American University and an MBA from George Washington University. Called the "mayor of her block" by her husband, Lisa lives in Jersey City and can be found engaged in a variety of community volunteer activities when not attending births.
Lisa is the mother of four boys and one Beagle Terrier mix. After the birth of her third son, she left her corporate career behind to spend more time with her family and pursue her passion for helping others. She completed the fourth Community Doula Fellowship at Hudson Perinatal Consortium (now the Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern NJ) in 2013 and is also a Lamaze-trained Childbirth Educator. She has a BA in International Studies from the American University and an MBA from George Washington University. Called the "mayor of her block" by her husband, Lisa lives in Jersey City and can be found engaged in a variety of community volunteer activities when not attending births.
Kimberly Weiss-Lewit
Kim has been a yoga teacher for ten years after receiving her 200 hour Yoga Alliance Registration from Lotus Gardens in Connecticut. She later went on to gain her prenatal certification with New York-based Yoga Haven with additional prenatal training with MA Yoga in New York City. Kim has taught in yoga studios, corporate settings and in private homes. Kim is the Director of Women's Services and a prenatal and postnatal yoga teacher with Liberation Prison Yoga, which serves women at Rikers Island Jail in NYC and in prisons throughout New York State. She also volunteers supporting mothers and babies through La Leche League and International Cesarean Awareness Network. After years of supporting women as a yoga instructor and community volunteer, Kim completed her doula training with Birth Arts International under the guidance of Beth Goldberg, CPM. She holds a BA in Theater from Connecticut College and an MA in Drama Therapy from New York University. She and her husband, Chris, live in Weehawkin, NJ with their three children.
Kim has been a yoga teacher for ten years after receiving her 200 hour Yoga Alliance Registration from Lotus Gardens in Connecticut. She later went on to gain her prenatal certification with New York-based Yoga Haven with additional prenatal training with MA Yoga in New York City. Kim has taught in yoga studios, corporate settings and in private homes. Kim is the Director of Women's Services and a prenatal and postnatal yoga teacher with Liberation Prison Yoga, which serves women at Rikers Island Jail in NYC and in prisons throughout New York State. She also volunteers supporting mothers and babies through La Leche League and International Cesarean Awareness Network. After years of supporting women as a yoga instructor and community volunteer, Kim completed her doula training with Birth Arts International under the guidance of Beth Goldberg, CPM. She holds a BA in Theater from Connecticut College and an MA in Drama Therapy from New York University. She and her husband, Chris, live in Weehawkin, NJ with their three children.
Thalla-Marie Choxi
Thalla is a birth and postpartum doula, as well as our resident Hypnobirthing instructor, placenta encapsulation specialist and twin expert. She completed her doula training through . She also holds a degree in economics from Rutgers. Thalla lives in Montclair with her husband, daughter and twin sons. She and her husband are also the publishers of the Montclair Local.
Thalla is a birth and postpartum doula, as well as our resident Hypnobirthing instructor, placenta encapsulation specialist and twin expert. She completed her doula training through . She also holds a degree in economics from Rutgers. Thalla lives in Montclair with her husband, daughter and twin sons. She and her husband are also the publishers of the Montclair Local.
Cara Birnbaum Harmon
Cara was a freelance magazine writer when she learned she was pregnant with her second child. Thanks in part to her doula Marci (see below), Cara was able to overcome her fears surrounding childbirth and weather contractions peacefully with her husband in their dark bedroom before heading to the hospital. The delivery was exhilarating, to say the least, inspiring her to take a DONA doula training course with Debra Pascali Bonaro. Cara is also a Lamaze-certified childbirth educator and has completed over 50 hours of coursework through the Childbirth Education Association of Metropolitan New York. She lives in Montclair, NJ, with her husband, two children, and a writing career that keeps her busy on the side.
Cara was a freelance magazine writer when she learned she was pregnant with her second child. Thanks in part to her doula Marci (see below), Cara was able to overcome her fears surrounding childbirth and weather contractions peacefully with her husband in their dark bedroom before heading to the hospital. The delivery was exhilarating, to say the least, inspiring her to take a DONA doula training course with Debra Pascali Bonaro. Cara is also a Lamaze-certified childbirth educator and has completed over 50 hours of coursework through the Childbirth Education Association of Metropolitan New York. She lives in Montclair, NJ, with her husband, two children, and a writing career that keeps her busy on the side.