Allison Tartari, LM, CPM is a California Licensed Midwife, maternal health advocate, educator and founder of Thrive Maternal Health Fund. With more than a decade of experience supporting women and families and attending over 250 births, Allison has dedicated her career to improving the way women are cared for throughout pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and pregnancy loss.
Her path to midwifery began with her own experiences as a mother of four. After the birth of her youngest child with the support of midwives and a doula, Allison returned to school at 39 to pursue midwifery—a decision that ultimately reshaped her life and career.
Today, Allison’s work focuses on helping close the gaps that too often exist in traditional maternity care. Through her private midwifery practice, she provides individualized co-care for families planning hospital births, postpartum midwifery and home visits, breastfeeding and newborn support, education, and mentorship.
As founder and Executive Director of Thrive Maternal Health Fund, Allison works to make compassionate maternal healthcare accessible to families who may otherwise go without it. Thrive supports programs including postpartum midwifery home visits, maternal mental health care, pregnancy loss support, breastfeeding education, and community-based maternal health resources.
Allison is a strong advocate for collaboration between midwives, physicians, hospitals, mental health professionals, birth workers, and community organizations. Her goal is not to replace existing healthcare systems, but to help fill the spaces where women too often fall through the cracks—and to build a model of maternal care where support reaches families earlier, closer to home, and before a crisis occurs.
Her guiding belief is simple: When mothers are cared for, families thrive.
