Danielle Antelope

Danielle is a member of the Blackfeet Nation and Eastern Shoshone Nation.  She was born and raised in Browning Montana.  In 2021, Antelope graduated from Montana State University with a bachelor’s degree in Sustainable Food & Bioenergy Systems.  During her time at MSU, she received multiple awards based on her civic engagement on campus and within her home community.  Danielle serves as the Executive Director of Food Access and Sustainability Team Blackfeet, known as FAST Blackfeet.  This organization provides access to healthy and culturally relevant foods, nutrition education, and gardening/wild harvesting opportunities within the Blackfeet Nation.  Danielle is passionate about learning and sharing the changes in the Blackfeet food system and how those changes reflect in the health of people today.

Lisa Marasco, MA, IBCLC, FILCA

Lisa Marasco has been working with breastfeeding mothers for 35 years and has been Internationally Board Certified since 1993. She holds a Master’s degree in Human Development with specialization in Lactation Consulting and was designated a Fellow of ILCA in 2009. Lisa is co-author of Making More Milk: The Breastfeeding Guide to Increasing Your Milk Production,  a contributing author to the Core Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Lactation Care, and a new Cochrane Collaborative author. She is recently retired from WIC of Santa Barbara County but continues to research, write and speak. In addition, Lisa is affiliated with La Leche League of So. Calif/Nevada, and serves on the Breastfeeding Coalition of Santa Barbara County.

Terry Miller, IBCLC

Terry Miller, IBCLC, RLC, is the Senior Breastfeeding Consultant with DPHHS Montana Nutrition & Physical Activity Program, working to promote and support best practices in breastfeeding/chestfeeding and infant nutrition across the state. Terry’s focus areas include Baby-Friendly/ Breastfeeding Champion Birth Centers, the Montana Rural Breastfeeding Initiative, Breastfeeding Friendly Worksite Initiative and the yearly Montana Breastfeeding Conference. As Lead for the Montana State Breastfeeding Coalition, Terry works to increase access to breastfeeding credentialing and has launched several popular initiatives including the MontanaBreastfeeds! Cut-Out Project to normalize breastfeeding.

Charlene Ramirez, Assistant Clinical Professor, DNP, RN

Dr. Charlene Ramirez is a member of the Blackfeet tribe in Motnana. She recently graduated with her Doctorate in Nurse Practice at the University of North Dakota and is currently employed as an assistant clinical professor at MSU. She is also a labor and delivery registered nurse at St. Vincent Hospital in Billings, Montana. She was one of the Baby Friendly coordinators at the Blackfeet Indian Health Service, which was the 2^nd hospital in Montana to obtain the designation. Charlene is passionate is providing education for breastfeeding, SIDS, and postpartum depression.