Founder & Lead Doula
Sarah Torres
Founder-led doula care for pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and family transition.
Sarah founded Nueva Vida Doula to help Humboldt families feel informed, respected, and deeply supported through every new beginning. Supporting families since 2015, she brings birth support, childbirth education, lactation guidance, advocacy, fluent Spanish support, and whole-family care to the families she serves.
- Founder & Lead Doula
- Supporting Families Since 2015
- Certified Lactation Counselor
- Childbirth Educator
- CPST
- Placenta Encapsulation
- Fluent in Spanish
- Family Advocacy
Meet Sarah
Building a more supported beginning for Humboldt families.
Sarah Torres is the Founder and Lead Doula of Nueva Vida Doula. Since 2015, she has supported families through pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and parenthood with education, advocacy, and steady care. As a Certified Lactation Counselor, Childbirth Educator, Placenta Encapsulation Specialist, Child Passenger Safety Technician, and fluent Spanish speaker, Sarah brings a holistic and practical approach to every family she serves.
Why This Work Matters
Families deserve support that is steady, informed, and deeply human.
Pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and parenthood can be beautiful, emotional, uncertain, and transformative. Sarah became a doula because she believes families deserve patience, compassion, advocacy, and practical support during this transition.
Her goal is to help families feel less alone, more informed, and more connected to their own strength as they move through pregnancy, birth, postpartum, feeding, and early parenthood.
How Sarah Supports Families
Education, advocacy, reassurance, and hands-on care.
Sarah supports families with birth preparation, childbirth education, lactation guidance, emotional reassurance, comfort measures, advocacy, partner support, postpartum transition care, and practical decision-making support.
Her work blends professional training with warmth, intuition, and respect for each family’s values, culture, choices, and birth experience.
Founder Vision
The heart behind Nueva Vida Doula.
Sarah founded Nueva Vida Doula to create a place where families could feel supported before, during, and after birth. Her vision goes beyond a single appointment or a single birth experience.
She has helped shape a team-based care model that connects families with doulas, childbirth education, lactation support, postpartum care, baby bonding support, partner preparation, Spanish-language support, coverage guidance, and whole-family care.
Sarah has personally supported hundreds of births, while the Nueva Vida team has attended more than 1,300 births collectively. Her leadership helps carry that experience into a care model rooted in education, advocacy, reassurance, and community connection.
Families deserve to feel informed, respected, and cared for every step of the way.
- Founder-led care
- Education
- Advocacy
- Community support
Specialties
Sarah’s areas of support
Sarah brings broad experience, training, and leadership to support families before, during, and after birth.
Birth Support
Steady emotional, physical, and informational support during pregnancy, labor, birth, and early transition.
Childbirth Education
Clear, compassionate education to help families understand labor, birth options, comfort tools, partner support, and what to expect.
Lactation Support
Guidance and reassurance for breastfeeding, chestfeeding, feeding questions, early lactation concerns, and postpartum adjustment.
Family Advocacy
Respectful support that helps families feel heard, informed, respected, and connected to their choices.
Spanish-Language Support
Fluent Spanish support to help families communicate, ask questions, understand next steps, and feel included.
Car Seat Safety
Support from a Child Passenger Safety Technician to help families feel more prepared for safe transportation.
Placenta Encapsulation
Specialized placenta encapsulation services for families who choose this postpartum option.
Postpartum Transition
Care and reassurance as families recover, feed, bond, rest, and settle into new rhythms after baby arrives.
Baby Bonding Support
Warm, non-medical baby bonding support designed to help families connect with baby in a calm setting.
Community-Centered Care
Leadership in a team-based model that connects families with education, doulas, lactation support, office guidance, and coverage help.
Se Habla Español
Fluent Spanish support for families.
After living in Spain for two years, Sarah became fluent in Spanish and now offers Spanish-language support for families who feel most comfortable communicating in Spanish.
Nueva Vida Doula also offers Spanish-language appointment options so families can ask questions, understand next steps, and feel more supported from the first conversation.
Sarah ofrece apoyo en español para ayudar a las familias a sentirse escuchadas, informadas y acompañadas durante el embarazo, el parto y el posparto.
- English
- Fluent Spanish speaker
- Spanish-language support for Nueva Vida families
Certifications & Training
Experienced, trained, and family-centered.
- Founder & Lead Doula
- Supporting families since 2015
- Certified Lactation Counselor
- Childbirth Educator
- Placenta Encapsulation Specialist
- Child Passenger Safety Technician / CPST
- Fluent Spanish speaker
- Training includes Childbirth International, Center for Breastfeeding, and Bebo Mia
- Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Long Beach State
Community Served
Local care for Humboldt families.
- Pregnancy and prenatal support
- Birth planning and birth preparation
- Labor and birth support
- Childbirth education
- Lactation support
- Postpartum transition care
- Baby bonding doula sessions
- Spanish-language support
- Car seat safety support
- Placenta encapsulation
Nueva Vida Care Model
Whole-family support before, during, and after birth.
As the founder of Nueva Vida Doula, Sarah helps guide a care model rooted in education, advocacy, reassurance, whole-family care, and community connection.
The team supports families across pregnancy, labor, postpartum, feeding questions, partner preparation, baby bonding, coverage questions, and the many transitions that come with welcoming a new baby.
- Team-based doula care
- Education and advocacy
- Lactation and postpartum support
- Coverage and care-navigation support through Nueva Vida
Beyond Birth Work
Rooted in family, nature, learning, and a nurturing touch.
Outside of birth work, Sarah is a mother of three, an outdoor enthusiast, a gardener, and a family advocate. She finds peace in nature, time with loved ones, hiking through the woods, days by the river, and tending to her garden.
Sarah also loves horses and time spent with Elide and Bella. Her care for family, animals, and the natural world reflects the same patience, steadiness, and connection she brings into her doula work.
Her background in Political Science also shapes the way she thinks about advocacy, systems, access, and the importance of helping families understand and use their voices.
Dedicated to helping families embrace birth and parenthood with confidence, joy, and trust in themselves.
- Mother of three
- Outdoor enthusiast
- Gardener
- Horse lover
- Family advocate
- Political Science
The Heart of Sarah’s Work
Helping families feel confident, connected, and cared for.
Sarah’s favorite part of this work is helping families feel supported as they move through pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and parenthood. Her care centers on confidence, connection, informed decision-making, and trust in each family’s own strength.
Ready to feel supported?
Schedule a free consultation with Nueva Vida Doula.
Meet with Sarah and the Nueva Vida Doula team to ask questions, explore services, and learn what kind of support may be right for your pregnancy, birth, postpartum, feeding, baby bonding, or family transition.