Kimmie has worked in both clinical and university settings in New Mexico and North Carolina since graduating from the University of Montana’s MSW Program in 2015. She has a background in student advising and mentorship, service-learning and community-based courses, maternal and child health program development, and perinatal mental health. Kimmie has also volunteered as a DONA-trained birth doula and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC), and Perinatal Mental Health Certified (PMH-C) professional. She has worked in a federally qualified health center, local public health department, and university settings, as well as on a national maternal mental health hotline.

Kimmie is committed to sustainable, mutually beneficial community partnerships and centers students’ and community members’ voices and strengths in program design and teaching. She serves in the faculty Student Support role for the School of Social Work and strongly believes in peer mentorship, as evidenced by her role as a peer mentor both in the National Association of Perinatal Social Workers and Postpartum Support International. As a volunteer with Breastfeed Durham, Kimmie is also actively involved in promoting and supporting human milk feeding efforts in her local community to address barriers to breastfeeding initiation and duration among racially and socioeconomically marginalized groups.  

SW 500: Orientation

SW 576: Foundation Integrative Seminar I

SW 577: Foundation Integrative Seminar II

SW 578: Advanced Integrative Seminar I

SW 579: Advanced Integrative Seminar II

SW 599: Professional Portfolio