Audra Williams, CNM

Audra's road to midwifery wasn't a straight line -- and she wouldn't have it any other way. Originally from Petersburg, Virginia, she moved to North Carolina in 1998 and spent years working as a Licensed Practical Nurse before a pivotal realization took hold: caring for women was not just a job, it was her calling. That clarity propelled her through her BSN at Fayetteville State University and into the nurse-midwifery program at East Carolina University, where she trained across the full scope of midwifery care at facilities throughout North Carolina. Her years of nursing experience before midwifery school mean she comes to the birth room with a depth of clinical instinct that can't be taught in a classroom. Audra is also someone who thinks about the bigger picture -- she served as a Student Legislative Contact for the National Governmental Affairs Committee of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, advocating for policies that expand access to midwifery care. Now in Arizona, she's thrilled to bring that experience and advocacy to the families she serves at MomDoc.