Kristina Tamez

Kristina Tamez is a registered nurse specializing in labor and delivery and lactation who has practiced in Houston, Texas, since 1993. After her initial experience supporting a friend's birth led her to pursue nursing through community college and nursing school, she worked in the medical center and later at another prominent hospital before stepping away to raise and homeschool her four children. Tamez returned to the field in 2018, building a birth services business, serving as vice president of her husband's construction company around 2004, and working as a nurse chart reviewer for a hormone replacement company while also providing IV services. She earned her International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) credential after passing the global exam in July and now provides in-home lactation support through her company Know Your Body, which she founded in 2018 to teach women about their bodies, periods, breastfeeding, and self-exams. Tamez has volunteered with a ministry supporting incarcerated pregnant women and plans to continue growing her lactation practice before retiring in five years.