WHO is LEN?

I’m a registered nurse and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) with over 20 years of experience in maternal and infant care. I’ve worked at the bedside, in high-volume hospital systems, and in digital health, where I’ve seen how families and clinicians navigate feeding decisions in real time.

What I’ve learned is this: breastfeeding is not just a skill or a choice. It’s a complex interaction of physiology, support, time, and environment. And yet, more and more, families are being asked to navigate this experience through products, apps, and data without clear guidance.

That’s why I created the Lactation Ethics Navigator (LEN).

WHAT is LEN?

LEN is a practical framework designed to help people make sense of breastfeeding technology. It translates core ethical principles like autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice into clear, usable questions.

The goal is simple: to help families make informed decisions and to support clinicians in delivering care that is grounded, transparent, and high quality.

This work sits at the intersection of care and systems. I believe families deserve more than fragmented advice and clinicians deserve better tools to guide decision-making in an increasingly complex landscape.

LEN is one step toward building that bridge.