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Jeanine Valrie-Logan is a Certified Nurse Midwife. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Fisk University and a Master in Science in Nursing from DePaul University. She also received a Master of Public Health with a concentration in Global Reproductive Health from the George Washington University. Jeanine completed the nurse midwifery program at Frontier Nursing University in the fall of 2018. She loves being outside with her family and is interested in herbs, plants, and growing food. Jeanine promotes breastfeeding and has co-authored Free to Breastfeed: Voices of Black Mothers - a book that highlights the experiences of Black women who breastfeed.

Dr. Paek graduated from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University. She completed the West Suburban Medical Center Family Residency Program and PCC's 2019-2020 PCH Fellowship program. 

Mary Leung is a certified nurse midwife. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago and completed her nursing and midwifery education at University of Illinois at Chicago, where she received her Master's of Science in Nursing (MSN) in 2017.

Free, patient Zoom class from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m on the last Saturday of each month. 

Topics covered:

• The Process of Labor
• Labor Support Techniques
• Understanding Complications & Interventions *
• Infant Care & Nutrition *

* Required topic for Birth Center at PCC patients. 

To sign up, or if you have any questions, contact Mary Sommers at 708-386-0845 or at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Free, Zoom patient class every second and fourth Friday of the month at 5:00 p.m.

Share your stories, experiences, and talents!

• There will be occasional improv.
• Questions about breastfeeding and feeding concerns will be answered.

To join the group, or for more information, email Mary Sommers, Director of Birth Center Operations and Maternal Child Health Education Programs at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call (708) 386-0845.

A native of the Bronx in New York, Damaris Velazquez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who attained her Master of Social Work from Loyola University Chicago in 2001.

Free, four-week childbirth education series beginning on the first Tuesday of each month from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Zoom with Mary Sommers, Director of Birth Center Operations and Maternal Child Health Education Programs.

Topics covered:

• The Process of Labor
• Labor Support Techniques
• Understanding Complications & Interventions *
• Infant Care & Nutrition *

* Required topic for Birth Center at PCC patients. 

To sign up, or if you have any questions, contact Mary Sommers at 708-386-0845 or at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call (708) 386-0845.

Dr. Manal Yasin earned her dental degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago – College of Dentistry in 2013. She completed residency at St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown, Ohio. 

Berwyn, IL – On October 27, the Birth Center at PCC celebrated its second year of operations with a festive birthday party for birth center patients. Guests were presented with a Birth Center at PCC t-shirt for their babies, had the opportunity to take a family portrait, and enjoyed refreshments. And of course, there was birthday cake!