Welcome Our UCM Breastfeeding Peer Counselor, Yesenia Ventura (Copy)

Yesenia Ventura is a certified Breastfeeding Peer Counselor who started her lactation care career in 2015 after exclusively breastfeeding her child for one year. Yesenia received her Breastfeeding Peer Counselor certification from WIC and previously supported lactation families at WIC, the Chicago Family Health Center, and at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Prentice Ambulatory Care Clinic before joining the UCM team in June 2024. Yesenia became a Certified Lactation Counselor in 2015 and was a proud member of the Chicago Breastfeeding Task Force from 2014 through 2017. Yesenia is passionate about supporting mothers during pregnancy and throughout postpartum. She is very excited to continue educating and empowering mothers to achieve their infant feeding goals.