Meet our Licensed Midwives...
Wendi Cleckner
Wendi was born and raised in Arizona. In 1993 she helped a friend birth her first child and there felt the call to devote her life to moms and babies. Wendi attended the National College of Midwifery from 1999 to 2000 and graduated with an associate’s degree in midwifery. In 2000 she received an Arizona license and started Global Midwifery.
"My passion is to honor God by empowering women to become all they were created to be! To see themselves the way God sees them – beautiful, intelligent, nurturing and powerful!"
Sarah Blum-Sheller
Sarah was born and raised in Germany. In 1998 she visited Arizona for the first time and made the desert her home in 2000 with her husband. Sarah has always been an aspiring midwife and started applying to midwifery schools in Germany at the age of 15. She has been in the birthing community since 2003 and apprenticed with three different midwives in Arizona. Sarah attended the Midwives College of Utah for two years and completed a five week midwifery internship at Casa de Nacimiento in El Paso Texas. In 2003 she received her doula certification through DONA. In 2008 she received her Arizona and National License as a Midwife. Sarah has been a member of Global Midwifery since 2006 and became a partner of the practice in 2008.
“Midwifery is my life and passion. I feel honored to be a part of Arizona’s birth community and to assist with the most incredible moments – the birth of a new life.”
Robin Sharples-Ray- Backup Midwife
Robin became a licensed midwife and certified professional midwife in 2005 after completing a 5 year apprenticeship. Robin has worked in the birthing community since 1990, and is also a certified birth doula (DONA, 1996) and certified childbirth educator (ICEA, 1996). She is the mother of 7 children of which the last two were born at home.
“At every birth I feel the presence of God. It is always an honor, privilege and blessing to work with families as they welcome their new babies.”
Ginger Truden- Consulting Midwife
Ginger became interested in midwifery in 1991 when she learned her friend was having a home-birth. The idea of birthing at home seemed so natural and beautiful that, during her first pregnancy she and her husband researched it and decided it was right for them. She attended the National College of Midwifery from 1999 to 2000 and graduated with an associate’s degree in midwifery. She has been licensed in AZ since 2000. She now has 3 girls and educates them at home.
“I love God’s design for pregnancy, birth and families. The midwifery model of care is a safe, wholistic and beautiful way to encourage the establishing of families.”