Meet Jacinta
I’m Jacinta Wood (she/they), a Black, queer midwife, mother, and student of ancestral spiritual religions.
I move through the world with care—shaped by the body I was born into and the stories I carry. I was born with sickle cell disease and raised in and around the medical system. From a young age, I learned what it means to be monitored but not truly seen. Being treated as a diagnosis, rather than a whole person, planted the seed for how I offer care now: slowly, deliberately, with deep listening.
Before stepping into midwifery, I worked full-time as a massage therapist, offering touch as restoration and relationship. My hands were trained not just in technique, but in attention. That work taught me that the body holds memory, that healing is never one-size-fits-all, and that presence matters more than performance.
My path into birthwork began with my own experiences—giving birth to my daughter, and later choosing abortion. Those moments revealed just how many people navigate pregnancy and loss inside systems that rush, dismiss, or assume.
I became a doula thinking information could be a shield. That if clients just knew more, they could protect themselves from harm. But over time, I saw the truth: the issue isn’t just a lack of knowledge. It’s the system itself.
Time and again, I watched people be failed—not because they were uninformed, but because they were giving birth in places that don’t know how to love us. Systems that don’t honor rhythm, story, choice, or truth. Or the ancestors who walk with us through it all.
Midwifery met me there—at the intersection of personal story, collective harm, and ancestral remembering. It wasn’t just a profession. It was a call answered. A lineage returned to. A practice in liberation.
Honoring the Grand Midwives & Our Ancestral Mothers
Jacinta’s work is guided by the Black grand midwives—community healers who caught generations of babies in the U.S. South, whose wisdom shaped how we survive. Though many were pushed out by the state, their legacy remains in every home visit, every birth altar, every deep breath taken before touching someone’s belly.
And beyond them, she honors the ancestral mothers—those who carried us in their prayers long before we arrived. The ones who whispered protection into the womb. Who nurtured us through gaze, song, touch, and quiet knowing. Their love lives in our blood. Their memory lives in our bones.
This work is about returning to that knowing. Letting it rise in us again. Because this is not new.
We’ve always had us.
Why Sunfolk Midwifery
I created Sunfolk because I believe everyone deserves care that is reverent, relationship-based, and rooted in deep respect—especially those who’ve been unseen, rushed, or dismissed by the medical system.
As a community midwife in Las Vegas, I serve folks who are looking for something more grounded. More human. More remembering. Many of my clients are queer, fat, Black or Brown, neurodivergent, or navigating birth after harm. Some are planning their first homebirth. Others are choosing this path for their last baby. Some aren’t sure if midwifery care is “for them”—but something in them knows they want care that feels different.
Sunfolk is for the ones who want to feel safe in their bodies, honored in their choices, and held in care that remembers what our ancestral mothers knew: that birth is sacred, and we deserve to be loved through it.
If you’ve ever wondered if you belong here, let me say it plainly:
You do.
At Sunfolk, I offer:
Holistic prenatal care that centers your voice and your values
Birth support at home or in the hospital from someone you’ve built trust with
Inclusive, trauma-informed postpartum care that supports healing for your whole body and family
Continuity of care from one midwife throughout your pregnancy, birth, and recovery
A safe space for all identities—especially queer, trans, and non-binary folks, and anyone who’s ever felt “too much” for traditional care
If you're searching for an inclusive midwife in Las Vegas, a full-spectrum birthworker, or simply someone who will meet you with honesty, warmth, and deep respect, Sunfolk might be the right fit.
This work is personal to me. It's not just clinical—it’s sacred. Your story is already yours. I’m here to walk with you, not to shape it. Let’s make your care feel like it truly belongs to you.
“One of the darkest moments in US history was the systematic eradication of the African American midwife from her community, resulting in a legacy of birth injustices.”
— Shafia M. Monroe
Land Acknowledgment
Sunfolk Midwifery is based on the ancestral and unceded lands of the Southern Paiute people, known as Nuwuvi.
I honor the Nuwuvi as the original stewards of this land—land that holds memory, ceremony, and care that long predates colonial borders. The violence of settler occupation continues to shape how land, birth, and bodies are regulated today.
This acknowledgment is not a substitute for reparative action. It is a starting point—a call to be in the right relationship with the land and the Indigenous people who still live, love, and organize here.
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