Instructors

Elizabeth Mazanec M.Ed, MH, CPM – Director
founder of Heaven & Earth, she is a Certified Professional Midwife and an eclectic CAM therapist, Clinicall Herbalist, Reiki Master practicing since 1974 and is presently an Adjunct Professor at Mount Wachusett Community College teaching nutrition and complementary medicine. She practiced as a community home birth midwife for twenty years.She has a BFA from RI School of Design and a M.Ed. from Harvard. She has been training women to explorethe path of a Midwife and Healer since 1986 and is presently member of the American Herbalist Guild.

Gina Iadarola BS
has provided primary care midwifery services, labor support, and childbirth education since 1986. Presently
she is a maternal fitness/yoga instructor, and lactation consultant, as well as an Occupational Therapist and
EMT. She has a Bachelor of Science in Natural Science from Worcester State.

Heather Laier CPM
is currently a practicing Certified Professional Midwife doing homebirths for over 25 years and has attended over 1200 births. She apprenticed to become a midwife for three years in the Boston area, attended numerous births with a homebirth-supportive obstetrician,and completed the RIFSAC Basic Midwifery Course. She is certified in Reiki and is experienced in
homeopathy and herbal remedies. Heather is the mother of five children and had a VBAC at home after two
cesareans.

Molly Connelly CCE, M.Ed
was a homebirth midwife and childbirth educator for over 20 years and has attended over a 1000 births. She
is presently a psychotherapist in private practice and an adjunct professor at University of NH. She has a BS
from the University of NH in counseling and health education and a M.Ed. in counseling. She is executive
Director of the NH Childbirth Education Association.

Pam Campbell CPM
is a practicing Certified Professional Midwife doing homebirths in central Mass for the past 20 years. She was
a LLL Leader. and has her BLS. She is a member of the Massachusetts Midwifery Alliance (MMA).

Sue Smith CPM
is a practicing Certified Professional Midwife doing homebirths in central MA since 1982. She teaches OB/
Gyn refresher courses for EMTs and Paramedics. She has experience as an EMT and crisis intervention
counselor, and she runs a small herbal business on her 3 acres of organically managed garden. She is a
Qualified Evaluator for the National Registry of Midwives (NARM).

Yvonne Noyes-Stevens M.Psy, M.Ed
founder of New England Education Connection has worked in Human Services for over 10 years. She
is presently an adjunct professor at Mount Wachusett Community College, and UMass Lowell. as well as
an Educational Advocate, certified Red Cross instructor and a feng shui consultant. She has a master’s in both
education and psychology and is currently pursuing her doctorate in Psychology and Culture.