Randi Lynn Denton

Hailing from Abingdon, VA Randi Lynn Denton is excited to be part of the High Country Doulas team and helping families across the region settle into expanding their families. Being a mother herself has been such a rewarding experience in her personal journey that she felt called to pay it forward to others who are just starting out as well.

Certified in Labor and Postpartum care, she can also bring a holistic approach to your experience having been certified in other numerous, natural-healing fields. When not involved in “all things baby” Randi enjoys spending time on her farm with her long-time partner and dogs, cooking, singing, and a never-ending list of new hobbies or crafts to try.

Angela De Nigro

Angela is a DONA trained birth doula, with specialized training in prenatal yoga. She earned her yoga teaching certification in 2018, and since then has been guiding others to find joy in functional movement. Her doula journey is rooted in community care; Angela became interested in becoming a doula when she saw the growing need for perinatal support in our communities. She knows how valuable it is to have an additional support person to offer consistent emotional, physical and informational support to parents during this time of growth.

Angela identifies as queer and her practice is inclusive of all people. All bodies and people deserve support and should be treated with loving care. She knows that doula support can be impactful by helping to reduce disparities in maternal health outcomes.

Angela is inspired by the rituals and rhythms of nature. She loves to watch nature’s transitions—the seasons changing, birth and growth, awakening—and takes cues from the natural world to order her own life. From nature, she has learned to observe, listen to cues, to step forward in some seasons and to step back in others.

Angela’s style of care is evidence-based, intuitive, and empowering. She wants people to feel informed, supported, safe, and cared for on their journeys. She uses many tools to achieve these goals, including touch, talk, and being a trusted source of information. She takes pride in being the person who offers helpful assistance and helping others embody their strength.

In her free time, Angela loves to be outdoors. At home, she pets her cat, Moonbeam, and loves to sit with a hot cup of tea and a pair of binoculars to watch the birds. She loves backpacking and has hiked hundreds of miles on the Appalachian Trail. Being of service to others and filling other peoples’ cups also fills her cup. She values resilience, sustainability, and diversity. Most of all though, she looks for ways to engage in radical joy every day. 

Hope Brawley

Hope graduated from Appalachian State University in 2001 and made the high country her home. She has two beautiful sons and loves supporting expectant mothers through pregnancy. She created a support group during the pandemic called Pregnancy Connects. This group was for expectant parents to have a place to share what they were experiencing and find community. Currently she works for Family Connects Northwest supporting postpartum moms.

In 2011 Hope completed her 200 hour yoga teacher training at Neighborhood Yoga. She studied prenatal and postnatal yoga at the Asheville Yoga Center.  She believes yoga calms the busy mind, preparing it to be free from fluctuations so that our intentions are from an open heart and open mind. Her calling is to offer movement that sustains the body, mind and spirit.

In this way she believes you can experience the metaphysical realm within a physical practice. In her free time Hope likes to cook, hike, make medicine from locally harvested medicinal herbs, dance and spend time in her garden.