Morea joined the PBC team in early 2024, eager to support the organization with her operational strategy experience and multidisciplinary leadership background. Morea graduated with Honors from the University of San Francisco, with a BA in Sociology with an emphasis in Ethnic Studies and is a HANO Fellow. Recently Morea coauthored "Building Systems of Care: Investment in Native Maternal Health Infrastructure" Congressional Policy Briefing and was named HANO's 2025 Emerging Leader.  She is a born-and-raised Maui mother of two, a self-proclaimed “natural birth nerd" and is deeply passionate about empowering other local ‘ohana in their own birth sovereignty by enabling conscious connections between community and diverse birth practitioners.

Sara brings a unique blend of financial expertise and heart-centered leadership, shaped by over a decade in finance and accounting, alongside four years of experience as a birthworker. With a Bachelor of Commerce and a Graduate Diploma in Accounting from Queen’s University, a CPA designation through CPA Ontario, and a doula certification, her background bridges the corporate world and grassroots community care. Sara is deeply passionate about birth, maternal health, preserving Indigenous knowledge and traditions, and expanding sovereignty and choice within birth spaces. In her role, she is excited to offer a commitment to nurturing financial literacy, fostering collaboration, and creating sustainable systems that support the continued growth and mission of Pacific Birth Collective.

Born and raised in Ha‘ikū, Maui as the daughter of a traditional midwife and respected elder, Mariah Strong has spent the entirety of her life surrounded and deeply influenced by the world of birth. She is passionate about the rites of passage that are initiated around pregnancy, birth and the postpartum periods and active in supporting the education of reproductive health, rights and advocacy within communities. Mariah has served as a full spectrum doula in Hawaii, California, and Nevada for the last 15 years and became a Certified Professional Midwife in 2026.

Sonya is a co-founder of Pacific Birth Collective and has held several roles within the organization from Board President, volunteer, and now as a staff member. Born & raised on Maui, Sonya's passion for maternal child health sparked at a young age prompting her to write her Anthropology undergraduate thesis on "Opening a Birth Center in Maui", to her Masters in Public Health with special emphasis on Maternal and Child Health from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Upon returning home to Maui, Sonya continued her work as a doula, childbirth educator, & advocate in birth & wellness choices while also working in both non-profit and private sectors promoting the health and well being of the community, primarily in policy and systems change and in technology. Sonya is honored to be the mother of four beautiful children.