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WHO WE ARE

Project Teenbirth, Inc. (PTB) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community outreach program, specializing in teen pregnancy and young parent support. Project Teenbirth was 'birthed' by founder and teen parent advocate, Melinda Morales. It’s foundation was created on the belief that regardless of age, every one deserves support throughout all pregnancy experiences and outcomes, birth, and postpartum.


OUR MISSION

Project Teenbirth’s mission is to educate, support, and empower pregnant teens and young parents throughout all pregnancy outcomes.


OUR PURPOSE

By providing young parents with a supportive transition into parenthood, free of judgment and shame through full spectrum doula support and childbirth education, Project Teenbirth creates a positive and safe platform surrounding the ever-growing conversation around teen perinatal and parenthood experiences.

 
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meet the founder

Hello! I'm Melinda. - the face behind the movement, Project Teenbirth.

As a former teen-parent, I can relate to the rollercoaster of emotions many other teen parents experience. I became pregnant with my first son at the age of sixteen and was a first-hand witness to the lack of respect given to pregnant teens because of it.

Regardless of age, people deserve respect, a safe space for their voices to be heard, and most importantly, they should believe they are capable of parenting their unborn child. I hope every teen parent-to-be will be able to find that space within Project Teenbirth. 

 
 

Melinda Morales is a Full Spectrum Doula and certified Community Outreach Perinatal Educator specializing in teen pregnancy and young parenthood. She is a mother of two boys and a bonus son, a teen parent advocate; supporting families in Central Florida since 2006 and the founder of Project Teenbirth, Inc. - a 501(c)(3) non-profit community based organization supporting and educating young parents and lovebirth, LLC; perinatal support for all pregnancy outcomes. Melinda has been featured in Rewire.News, Not Another Teen Mommy.com, and Young Parent Anthology.