About Me

Hello!  My name is Diane Ellen and I am a Personal Childbirth Trainer. I was born in Flushing, New York, weighing 9 lbs. 1 oz! As the youngest child of four of an Irish-German-Lithuanian family, I was raised in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York.

I was always friendly, sensitive, and the entertaining one in the family.  Without a doubt, my family thought I would end up in Hollywood!  Some of my earliest teenage jobs included working at a bakery and scooping ice cream in an ice cream parlor.  It didn’t seem to matter what I was doing, as long as I was helping others, I was happy.  I tried to think of an occupation where I could combine my friendliness, sensitivity, desire to help others, and natural ability to make people laugh.

So, in 1985, I decided to become a nurse.  In 1989, I earned my Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Molloy College in Rockville Center, New York.  Also, I studied at the State University of New York at Binghamton. 

Since 1989, I have been a Registered Nurse specializing in assisting women through the childbirth experience.  I was able to care for patients during one of the most stressful times in their lives---while being in a hospital.  I tried to be friendly, sensitive to their needs, and help them.  I tried to use humor and a smile to ease their anxiety about their current condition.  I began my nursing career in a large teaching hospital in New York, Long Island Jewish Hospital.  There I worked in a 40-crib newborn nursery as well as postpartum nursing.  At St. Mary’s Hospital, in West Palm Beach, Florida, I learned a lot about high-risk labor & delivery!  I was then offered a job in a high-risk Antepartum unit at Kapiolani’s Women and Children’s Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii.  There I helped pregnant women who were at risk for losing their pregnancies.  I then returned to Florida, and continued my maternity career at West Boca Medical Center, Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Boynton Beach, and Boca Raton Community Hospital.

I currently reside in Boca Raton, Florida, where I began my new career as a Personal Childbirth Trainer.