Our Speakers

Keynote Speaker

Desiree Ferrin is the Birth Trauma Patient Advocate for the Utah Women and Newborns Quality Collaborative (UWNQC). In 2019 she survived an undiagnosed placenta accreta, which resulted in maternal code, an emergency hysterectomy, an ICU stay, as well as multiple blood transfusions. This was life changing. She struggled to make sense of the trauma she had experienced. She sought help and since then has advocated for other mothers who have experienced trauma and mental health challenges.

In addition to her work with UWNQC, she sits on the Utah Maternal Mortality Review Committee, as well as the Intermountain Patient Advisory Council. She is a certified Patient Family Partner for Momma's Voices (a maternal mortality and morbidity advocate organization) as well as a member of Mom Congress, another organization that advocates for legislation that will decrease the maternal mortality rates in the United States. She has shared her story and perspective  locally and nationally, consulted on the AIM obstetric emergency readiness resource kit, and is currently one of the faces of the CDC HearHER campaign.

Dr. Christina Hibbert is a #1 bestselling author, clinical psychologist, and women’s mental health advocate specializing in motherhood, postpartum wellness, grief and loss, self-worth, and personal growth. She is the author of This Is How We Grow, 8 Keys to Mental Health Through Exercise, Who Am I Without You, and the forthcoming Mastery of Motherhood.

Dr. Hibbert is the founder of the Arizona Postpartum Wellness Coalition, host of the Motherhood 2.0 podcast, and creator of the GROW Group Coaching program and Mastery of Motherhood (M.O.M.) Live. Her website and blog, DrChristinaHibbert.com, has been recognized as a Top 30 Women’s Empowerment Blog. She was named Most Inspirational Women’s Health Professional in 2018 and 2019.

Since 2019, Christi has courageously shared her journey through triple negative breast cancer and the BRCA1 genetic mutation. After chemotherapy, cold-capping, and 15 surgeries, she continues to advocate for women’s mental health and breast cancer awareness, earning a WEGO Health Award for her blog and leading the “Growing Through Breast Cancer” support community.