She graduated with honors from Model High, Associates of Science in Psychology from Georgia Highlands, and the pioneering Human Lactation program from Georgia Northwestern Technical College, currently only 1 of 7 internationally accredited by the Lactation Education Accreditation and Approval Review Committee (LEAARC). She sat for her boards and is now an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). Lori also works as a behavioral therapist to autism clients. She has the Registered Behavior Technician certification (RBT). They have 3 children together, Madeline, Jaxin, and Everett. Lori began helping the breastfeeding and nursing young teens in a group called The Young Moms Club back in 2010 when she began her own journey of providing human milk to her baby. She realized there was not much information available at that time except through WIC and the Floyd hospital Lactation Consultants Kathy Kerce, MSN, BSN, IBCLC, RLC and Sue Lewis RN, IBCLC. Both of these individuals have now mentored Lori during her time of becoming an IBCLC. She also trained at Atrium Floyd Health in Rome and Hamilton Hospital in Dalton, Lactation Consultants of Atlanta, Whitfield County Health Department, and Harbin Clinic Pediatric in Carterville. She breastfed and pumped for over 3 years for her first natural child. Lori has since had hundreds of hours helping families with breastfeeding and pumping. She is currently nursing and pumping for her baby now, whom also had lip, tongue and cheek ties lasered, along with occupational therapy that can accompany ties sometimes. She has learned to navigate the stigmatized role of nursing and pumping for your baby in various settings. Lori has experience of working with prenatal, neonatal, NICU, tandem, advanced age, foster and adoption, gender inclusive, donating breastmilk, pumping, medically fragile, and so much more. Lori is a founding and current member of the GNTC Human Lactation Alumni organization, also known as The BoobCats. Lori is a member is The South Eastern Lactation Consultant Association (SELCA), The International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA), The United States of Lactation Consultant Association (USLCA), and The National Lactation Consultant Association (NLCA).
