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Birth Responders was not born out of business ambition; it was born out of heartbreak, purpose, and prayer.
My journey into this work was not linear. It was carved through lived experiences. A young mother navigating trauma, as a woman who nearly lost her life during childbirth, as a massage therapist holding tension in bodies that had never felt safe, as a doula standing between fear and faith, and as an EMT responding when seconds meant everything.
I have witnessed birth in its most beautiful form — and in its most devastating. I have seen women give life and lose life in the same breath. I have held the hands of mothers who needed just one more compassionate person in the room — someone who understood how to resuscitate a body and restore a spirit.
Spa Doulah-Lah came first — a sacred space for rest, restoration, and reconnection. But Birth Responders came from something deeper. It was a divine download. A call I could not ignore.
I realized there was a dangerous gap — between home and hospital, between midwives and medics, between emergency and empathy. And I stepped into that gap.
For seven months, I set aside comfort and familiarity to attend EMS school. It was humbling. Often, I was the only woman, the only doula, and certainly the only one speaking about childbirth in the context of emergency response. I did not go for a title. I went because someone had to build the bridge.
I went for the mothers who don’t make it home.

Sharima Johnson is a veteran healthcare leader with over 30 years of experience medicine and clinical nursing From her early days with the historic Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps to her current role as Chief & Director of Operations, Sharima has dedicated her life to closing the gap in maternal and infant health disparities.
A dual-certified professional (LPN and Paramedic), she combines high level critical care expertise with a deep seated passion for community advocacy. Having managed complex emergency deliveries and served in high intensity ICU settings, Sharima brings "boots on the ground" wisdom to the leadership of Birth Responders, ensuring that every families receives the urgent, compassionate, and life-saving care they deserve.


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