Our team
FOUNDER. INTERNATIONALLY EDUCATED PHYSICIAN. NUTRITIONIST. LACTATION CONSULTANT. SLEEP & WELLBEING SPECIALIST.
Paola Vallarino, IEP CBS IBCLC
Paola is an Internationally Educated Physician, a Certified Breastfeeding Specialist, and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. As a mother herself, she struggled with breastfeeding and that's what motivated her to specialize in Lactation. She has over 10 years of medical background and 3 years of clinical experience in Lactation Medicine. She holds a Diploma in Child Nutrition and she’s currently pursuing a Diploma in Perinatal & Pediatric Clinical Nutrition. Paola is also a Certified Sleep & Wellbeing Specialist and a Certified Low Milk Supply Specialist. She has additional training in Pumping & Feeding Gear, Infant Craniosacral Therapy and Oral Habilitation. She provides families with feeding support when breastfeeding, pumping, supplementing and with solid foods. She's fluent in English and Spanish and she's based in Uptown/Midtown Toronto.
For Paola, every family is special, and giving them compassionate, judgement-free support by working on their unique feeding goals is her number one priority.
REGISTERED NURSE. LACTATION CONSULTANT.
Marta Bouina, RN IBCLC
Marta is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), a Registered Nurse and a proud mother of two amazing boys, with whom she had a 6-year breastfeeding journey. While overcoming various breastfeeding challenges herself, she became very passionate about breastfeeding. She wanted to help other women, by providing hands on support and empowerment.
Marta is fluent in Ukrainian and English. She's based in Etobicoke. If you are facing breastfeeding challenges, Marta is here for you! She will support you, and your vision of feeding success.
LACTATION CONSULTANT
Milena Pingitore, IBCLC
Milena is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and a mother of successfully breastfed twins. She received her Lactation Medicine Diploma after over 90 hours of lactation specific education and over 750 hours of supervised, hands-on experience in the International Breastfeeding Centre. She's based in Etobicoke.
Having faced her own challenges with fertility, pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and parenting, Milena is here to hold space for conversation, community, and support while sharing evidence-based research, tools, and resources to help you build confidence at any stage of your journey.
REGISTERED NURSE. LACTATION CONSULTANT.
Alena Brashavitskaya, RN IBCLC
Alena is an experienced Postpartum Registered Nurse and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. She has been a part of Mount Sinai Hospital High Risk Mother & Baby Program for almost a decade. For the last two years of her career she is based at the ambulatory breastfeeding clinic as a Lactation Coordinator, helping families with newborns meet their feeding goals. She's based in North York.
Alena takes into account individual health history , birth story , and family dynamic in order to create a realistic, effective, and manageable feeding plan. As a mother of two breastfed kids, Alena had to overcome her own challenges on the path to breastfeeding them. The importance of getting help early was the key for the eventual success. As a Lactation Consultant, Alena’s approach is to provide family-centred, gentle, non-judgmental care directed at accomplishing your feeding goals.
LACTATION CONSULTANT. FORMERLY PRACTICING MIDWIFE.
Nadia Bellio, CBS IBCLC
Nadia is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and Certified Breastfeeding Specialist with 20 years of experience providing lactation support. She worked as a Registered Midwife in Ontario from 2007 to 2023, providing comprehensive prenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care to hundreds of families. She has also taught prenatal and HypnoBirthing classes. She's based in Downtown Toronto.
Nadia has extensive experience providing anticipatory guidance to pregnant people as they prepare for feeding their baby, and seeing them through the transition to successfully breast or chest-feeding. She brings a kind, compassionate and non-judgemental approach to the care she provides, as well as a strong desire to support families from all backgrounds.
NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR.
Dr. Aida Martinez, ND
Aida is a Naturopathic Doctor, graduated from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine. She trained in homeopathic medicine and completed a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Zoology at the University of Manitoba. She has 10 years of clinical experience and prides herself in having a purpose-driven career.
Her promises to her patients are to treat all patients with respect and as unique individuals and to invest time to educate and empower them to make positive changes in their life; consequentially, they will have more energy to enjoy their life, whether it’s spending more quality time with their family, getting back to their hobbies or performing better at their job. She's fluent in English and Spanish. She is here to serve and to make a difference and she looks forward to working with you and your family!
PARENT COACH
Tania Grinberg, M.A. Ed.
Tania is a Certified Parent Coach and mother of three. She holds a Master’s in Education from the University of Toronto and she is committed to helping parents forge deep connections with their children.
Tania helps parents, teachers, and professionals who work with children to identify the source of conflict within themselves and their young ones. By building a trusting relationship with her clients, she can guide them to establish clear goals and solutions specific to each family and context. Tania’s approach is interdisciplinary; incorporating Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Maternal Theory and Feminism, Mindfulness, Coaching, and the latest findings in Education and Child Development.
SLEEP EDUCATOR.
Cibele Rosen
Cibele is a dedicated Certified Instructor & Integrative Educator of Pediatric and Teen Sleep and a Parent Educator qualified by the Family Wellness International Institute. Her expertise extends to Positive Discipline and she is certified in Mother-Child Integral Systemic Care, focusing on the crucial pre and perinatal stages. She brings a holistic approach, based on Integrative Childhood Health™ to sleep and parenting.
In addition to her professional achievements, she is deeply passionate about promoting breastfeeding advocacy. Her mission is to enhance the quality of sleep for your entire family, all while cherishing the principles of bonding, responsiveness, and attachment. Her approach is rooted in compassion, ensuring that your child's well-being is never compromised by tears and abandonment. She provides services in English and Portuguese.