Liora is a Registered Nurse and Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), with a Master in Public Health Education, and a Graduate Diploma in Psychology. 

Liora runs breastfeeding support clinics in Wellington and in the Hutt, and teaches antenatal and postnatal parenting classes, including Circle of Security.

Originally from Mexico, she has lived in Israel, California and Hawaii and has worked with a variety of ethnic populations and refugees. She has three children, ages 13-23. She is passionate about supporting parents affected by Postnatal Distress, having been deeply affected herself by PND.

She has a been a peer counsellor for Little Shadow (formerly PND Wellington) for 7 years, facilitated SPACE groups for mums with PND, and now regularly conducts presentations about perinatal mental health to a variety of providers and groups

Profile updated 27 July 2022