Who we are
The Heart Behind One Love Midwifery.
Meet our team : skilled clinicians, passionate advocates, and community builders dedicated to your care.
Our Story
One Love Midwifery, PLLC was founded in 2022 by Dr. Heather Findletar Hines, Certified Nurse Midwife, and Lasharn Ferroudj, educator and advocate, with a vision to provide personalized, respectful, and community-centered care to families across Long Island.
What began as a solo midwifery practice has grown into a trusted model of care supporting families in home and hospital birth settings. With a strong commitment to informed choice, physiological birth, and continuity of care, One Love Midwifery has supported over 50 births annually and continues to expand access to midwifery services on Long Island, NY.
With the development of the One Love Community Consortium, the practice is actively working to address maternal health disparities and build a stronger, more equitable system of care. As the practice continues to grow, the vision includes establishing Long Island’s first freestanding birth center.
Our Mission
At One Love Midwifery, our mission is to provide safe, honest, and compassionate care across the reproductive lifespan from birth to menopause through an informed, patient-centered approach.
Our vision
Our vision is to transform maternal healthcare by creating a community-centered model of care where midwives and doulas work collaboratively to improve outcomes, reduce disparities, and restore trust in the birth experience. We envision a future where every family has access to safe, respectful, and empowering care whether at home, in the hospital, or in a midwifery-led birth center.
The Guardians of Care
Meet Our Dedicated Collective
EST. 2022 • LONG ISLAND, NY
Co-Founder & Clinical Director
Dr. Heather Findletar Hines, CNM FACNM
Dr. Heather Findletar Hines, a dynamic force in midwifery, has dedicated over two decades to championing birth justice and equity. As the Associate Clinical Professor and Midwifery Program Director at Stony Brook University, she has shaped the next generation of certified nurse midwives and spearheaded transformative initiatives.
A fierce Jamaican midwife, Dr. Hines founded One Love Midwifery to confront healthcare racism and maternal mortality in the United States. Recognized as an Apple Distinguished Educator, her innovative teaching methods have reshaped midwifery education.
Dr. Hines serves as Chair of the Suffolk County Maternal Mortality Task Force and member of the NYS Midwifery Advisory Team. She believes midwifery is the link for true equity in reproductive healthcare. 2024 Town of Brookhaven Women’s Recognition Honoree. 2025 Mothers of Wheatley Heights Honoree.
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Lasharn Ferroudj, CNHP, CHHS, IHC
Lasharn Ferroudj is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of One Love Midwifery and One Love Community Consortium, providing strategic oversight, operational leadership, and mission-driven stewardship across both organizations.
With a lifelong commitment to holistic health, education, and advocacy, Lasharn brings an integrative approach to maternal and community wellness. She is an educator, natural health practitioner, health coach, mind-body integration specialist, herbalist, and homeopathic specialist, bridging traditional wisdom with modern systems of care.
Her work centers on delivering compassionate, culturally responsive, relationship-based services that honor the whole person — body, mind, and spirit. Lasharn has conducted independent, practice-informed research examining how preconception health, pregnancy preparation, and holistic support influence birth outcomes and early childhood development, particularly within low-access communities and communities of color.
Guided by human-centered design and operational excellence, Lasharn also champions community empowerment, practitioner mentorship, and legislative advocacy to strengthen systems of care for families across Long Island and beyond.
Practice Manager & Lead Birth Assistant
Noelle Beutler, CBE
Noelle Beutler serves as OLM’s “right hand.” Managing the Practice, Noelle brings her exceptional experience in Placenta Encapsulation, Herbalism, and Childbirth Education. She serves as the Lead Birth Assistant, Doula Coach & Trainer, and Certified Professional Midwife Student.
Noelle is a plant-obsessed wife to her high school sweetheart, a homeschooling mom of three with a sweet Angel baby cheering her on from above. She runs the family circus consisting of 1 dog, 5 cats, 2 guinea pigs, and a house chicken. She’s been serving the Long Island birth community for 8 years. In birth, Noelle is most passionate about accessibility to care, bodily autonomy, informed choice, and shared decision making.
Licensed Nurse Midwife
Safiya Hassan, CNM
Safiya Hassan is a devoted mother of five, a proud grandmother, and a wise woman whose journey is rooted in love, service, and sacred purpose. With over 30 years of experience in healthcare, she brings both clinical excellence and ancestral wisdom to every soul she touches.
Her path began in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. In 2009, after training in prenatal massage and herbal medicine, she birthed her holistic healing practice. In 2015, the NYC Department of Health entrusted her to design a transformational wellness program for women at high risk for maternal and infant mortality.
Now a licensed Nurse-Midwife, Safiya empowers women to give birth on their terms. Her work is more than care : it’s ceremony, it’s legacy, and it’s love.
Philosophy: “I believe that childbirth is a sacred act. There is something very divine and powerful about the process. As a midwife, I am tasked to provide a safe space without getting in the way.”
Licensed Nurse
Brianna Ellensohn, BSN, RN
Brianna Ellensohn is a Registered Nurse who is passionate about supporting families through pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period with a holistic, family-centered approach. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Mercy University and is currently continuing her education in a Family Nurse Practitioner program at St.Joseph’s University.
Brianna’s nursing background includes several years in pediatrics and short-term rehabilitation, where she developed a strong foundation in compassionate, individualized care. Her passion for maternity care deepened after the birth of her first child with the support of the One Love Midwifery team. That experience inspired her commitment to honoring the natural process of birth and supporting parents with evidence-based, nurturing care.
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