BWB Staff & Volunteers

Rixa has a PhD focusing on childbirth and maternity care from the U of Iowa. Her research focus began with homebirth and unassisted birth and ended with vaginal breech birth. She is the lead author of the textbook A Guide to Physiological Breech Birth and has authored several papers on home birth, breech birth, and twin birth.

Rixa Freeze, PhD

Founder & President, France/USA

Kristine has been a midwife for over 30 years and has attended over 5000 births, ranging from home, hospital, refugee camps, and remote rural clinics. She works for Médecins Sans Frontières when she is not teaching for BWB and has attended over 520 vaginal breech births, 420 sets of vaginal twins, and 11 sets of vaginal triplets.

Kristine Lauria, CPM

Instructor & Global Midwifery Director, USA

Genevieve is an experienced grant writer and program consultant who has secured over $1.3 million in the last 15 months to fund eviction prevention, mental health services, and youth support programs.

She is a former State of Colorado Grants Administrator with 10 years overseeing chronic disease and health equity initiatives and prevention through strategic funding. Skilled in curriculum development, compliance, budgeting, and digital learning platforms, she is passionate about expanding access to education and healthcare through strategic funding and program design that supports underserved populations and drives impact.

Genevieve Baldwin

Grant Writer, USA

Erica is a mother, midwife, and maternal-neonatal epidemiologist. She is a passionate advocate for community birth, as well as, using research to provide high quality perinatal care. She works in a range of global settings including South Africa, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Canada, and the United States.

Erica Corbett, CPM

Clinical Research Consultant, Canada

Scout Siebert is a Master of Public Health candidate at Brigham Young University, graduating in April 2026. She writes weekly reports, analyzing continuous data for Breech Without Borders in Afghanistan.

Having grown up across seven countries as the child of a diplomat, she witnessed firsthand the realities of infectious disease, maternal health challenges, and health inequities, which inspired her commitment to global health. She hopes to pursue a career developing global health interventions that strengthen community resilience and expand equitable access to care.

Scout Siebert

Data Analyst, USA

I'm Sarah – I am mum to two children – one born breech who inspired me to seek out better support for VBB families and to long lost return breech birth skills to our local providers in my homeland of New Zealand. My journey led me to BWB and my current role as a volunteer and NZ/Aus shipping specialist. I also work in finance and volunteer for local conservations groups in my local area. In my (limited) spare time you'll often find me in my garden, bird spotting, reading or making the most of the outdoor lifestyle NZ offers.

Sarah Holden

Shipping specialist, NZ/Australia