MEDICAL SPANISH
LANGUAGE IMMERSION SCHOOLS IN MEXICO AVENTURAS LANGUAGES HOME
CUERNAVACA,
MEXICO (1 hour south of Mexico City): Angelina Martinez Miranda, a traditional
Mexican midwife, was trained by her great-grandmother, grandmother and mother
from the age of 9. She was a featured international speaker at the September
2007 Midwifery Conference in Norway
(www.Midwiferytoday.com/conferences/Norway2007/)
You will have the opportunity to study and learn midwifery from her perspective
using herbs and prayers as well as inducing labor with IV Pitocin and going
in her scrubs into the ER when the need arises. One student helped her deliver
100 babies during a three month internship. Study for as little as one week
up to several months. Study Spanish at the same time in a formal school setting
or in private classes at Angelina's home. This is a very unique opportunity
and is limited to only a few students spaced throughout the year. Contact
us in advance to set up this opportunity. Cost varies depending upon your
need for Spanish language classes, whether you live with Angelina or elsewhere,
length of studies and more. Angelina is a both a personal friend and professional
colleague of AVENTURAS LANGUAGES Directors, Charley Hodson, LCSW, and Laura
Manning, LCSW. Please contact AVENTURAS LANGUAGES for a consultation regarding
this unique training opportunity.
VIEW
this YouTube video of Angelina in action! Angelina Martinez Miranda Bio from Midwifery Today (www.midwiferytoday.com) 'Angelina Martinez Miranda is a traditional midwife living and practicing in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. She is the inheritor of three generations of midwifery knowledge; her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother were all traditional midwives, practicing for around 40 years each. Angelina combines their wisdom with the many courses she has taken in midwifery and related subjects to keep up-to-date with evidence-based obstetrics. Angelina operates a birthing center, located next to her home, where, for years, she and her apprentices have attended an average of 23 births per month, with excellent outcomes. She is highly respected in her community. She is a long-time member of Midwives' Alliance of North America (MANA) Mexico and a founding member of a new state organization created by the traditional midwives of Morelos. An accomplished speaker, she has given talks and workshops at international conferences in South America and the U.S. and was one of the two traditional midwives who attended the ICM Congress in Vienna in 2002. She is a strong source of inspiration for the many traditional midwives in Mexico who are working to preserve and revitalize their profession for the future.'
Angelina
was one of the featured speakers at this international midwifery conference
for midwives, doctors, nurses and other medical professionals in Cuernavaca,
Mexico in August 2007. The medical and midwifery conference will work to
bridge traditional midwifery and traditional medical and healing practices
with modern medicine. Traditional Midwifery and Homestay with Angelina: All studies with Angelina include a homestay with her in her family home including wonderful Mexican food. The cost of the study/homestay with Angelina is $48 per day. Of this $25/day is for a room and all meals. Then $23/day for apprenticing with her in traditional midwifery. You must be flexible with your hours as babies arrived on their own timing! You must have some conversational Spanish language skills as this is an immersion experience. All conversation and instruction is in Spanish!
Please contact Aventuras Languages for answers to your preguntas!
Angelina
will be in the Santa Cruz and San Jose, California area for presentations
at SJSU and other places in the Fall of 2008. It is anticipated that she
will be presenting at San Jose State University in the School of Social Work
and in San Jose through the Valley Medical Center Health and Hospital System
on the subjects of traditional midwifery, traditional indigenous healing
methods and the joining of traditional midwifery with medicine.
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