My name is Jessica Wilson and I will be joining the Plum team in the fall of 2024. I am grateful to live and work on the unceded land of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) people.

I am excited to be joining the incredible team of midwives at Strathcona Midwifery collective, providing care to my community in east Vancouver.

I completed my Midwifery training at UBC and completed practicums in both rural and urban sites. While doing my training I spent time in the FIR clinic at BCWH where I enjoyed working with folks with addictions in pregnancy. This is an area I hope to continue to work in going forward. One of the reasons I am so excited to work at Strathcona is to work in a clinic that creates a safe space for queer families to receive midwifery care. Strathcona has a longstanding reputation for supporting Queer and Trans folks in pregnancy and providing additional support groups and educational opportunities that I can’t wait to be a part of. I have recently completed my Lactation Consultant training and am excited to integrate this learning into my midwifery practice and support families through breast/chest feeding.

I came into midwifery through a curiosity of engaging with birth through a trauma informed care lens. Midwifery encompasses many aspects of health care that I am interested in. Namely, providing person centered, trauma informed care.

I really enjoy educating folks about their bodies and empowering them to make choices that feel like the best for them and their families. I have an extensive background in depression and anxiety research and practice, as well as an addictions background. I enjoy incorporating that experience into working in these areas of midwifery.

About me: For fun, I love back country hiking and camping in the mountains, surfing in Tofino, and exploring the interior and islands of BC. I am often on the move traveling as much as I can. I am also an artist and will be caught painting once and a while, and I love a good book cozied up with my dog.