Dr. Jennifer Almanza (she/her) is a nurse-midwife and reproductive health leader whose journey began at 19 while supporting a friend’s birth. Since then, she’s blended clinical expertise in Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, and NICU care with community-rooted advocacy. A Bush Fellow and Doctor of Nursing Practice in Midwifery, Jennifer has helped advance research on birth equity at the University of Minnesota.

As Advanced Practice Nurse Specialist at HealthPartners and Park Nicollet Family Birth Centers, she champions respectful, evidence-based care — and still catches babies at Regions Hospital. Dr. Almanza also recently concluded seven years of service on the Minnesota Maternal Mortality Review Committee, including more than three years as co-chair.