Our Team

Gerard Migeon is President and CEO of Natural Womanhood, which he founded with his wife Anna in 2012. From 2009 until 2021, Gerard served in marketing and development for a non-profit children’s mental health center in Central Texas. There he contributed to helping families find help through awareness and education. Gerard left the center in July 2021 to focus on Natural Womanhood. Gerard’s background includes 30 years of branding, marketing management, healthcare and non-profit marketing as well as marketing research. A native of France, Gerard is a graduate of the French business school Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris. Besides his fluency in English and French, Gerard speaks German and basic Chinese.

Anna Migeon is a founder and board member for Natural Womanhood. Since its founding, Anna has served Natural Womanhood as writer, editor and grant writer. Anna earned her master’s degree in English from Illinois State University and is the author of The Happy Dinner Table: The Path to Healthy Harmonious Family Meals. Gerard and Anna have been married for 31 years and raised two children.

Grace Emily Stark, M.A., is the Editor of Natural Womanhood. Grace holds a M.A. in Bioethics & Health Policy from Loyola University Chicago and a B.S. in Healthcare Management & Policy from Georgetown University. She is a recent alumna of the Paul Ramsey Institute Fellowship at the Center for Bioethics and Culture, and in 2019, she was awarded a Robert Novak Alumni Fund Journalism Fellowship. Grace and her husband are a certified Teaching Couple for the Couple to Couple League, teaching the Sympto-Thermal Method. When she isn’t writing or running after her three small children, Grace loves to relax by cooking, baking, and hosting barbecues with her husband. Follow all of Grace’s writing at GraceEmilyStark.com.

Anne Marie Williams, RN, BSN, is Assistant Editor at Natural Womanhood, and a wife and mom of five from Illinois. She has 10 years of nursing experience, with the bulk of that time spent working in an adult intensive care unit (ICU). She became a fertility awareness enthusiast in college after learning the Creighton Model to address hormonal issues, and is a passionate advocate of women’s health options that work with rather than against women’s bodies.

Silvia Coto is the Development Manager of Natural Womanhood. Born and raised in Costa Rica, Silvia is a computer science engineer who has 12 years of experience working in IT software development for Dole Fresh Fruit International. While raising five children, she worked in management and administration for two educational institutions, including fundraising money to build a new high school for girls in the endangered areas of San Jose. She served as the administrative director of an educational institution that specialized in hospitality services.

Jackie Aguilar is the Director of Education for Natural Womanhood. Jackie is a trained FertilityCare Practitioner instructing women and couples in the Creighton model, and a certified Sympto-thermal method instructor with the Couple to Couple League. Jackie also holds a degree in Marketing from Texas A&M University.  As a former Zumba instructor, she enjoys salsa dancing with her husband, with whom she has 5 children.

Lourdes Villanueva consults on digital marketing strategy for Natural Womanhood. She is the President and CEO of Wombat Accelerate Digital Marketing Agency, located in Mexico City. Lourdes served as the Latin American Director of the World Youth Alliance, a Social Media Consultant for the World Youth Alliance Foundation, and took on the role of Data Digital Strategy & Advertising for the FEMM Foundation, where she was instrumental in launching the FEMM App. Additionally, Lourdes was the Director of the Master in Government and Public Policy program at Universidad Panamericana’s Mexico City campus. She has earned a Master’s in Public Policy and a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication. Beyond her roles in the digital marketing realm, Lourdes is a partner and co-owner of Saxum Media Marketing Agency, an Online Reputation Agency. Outside of her professional life, Lourdes is a health and wellness blogger with a specialization in Lupus and chronic illnesses. She currently resides in Mexico City with her spouse and their three children. You can find out more about her at www.instagram.com/vivirconlupuscoach.

Erin Dewey is the Education Coordinator for Natural Womanhood. She recently graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in Biomedical Sciences, with the goal of pursuing PA school. She led one of our first Cycle Mindfulness Clubs during the 2022-2023 school year, where she grew even more passionate about sharing information about authentic women’s health and fertility awareness. She aspires to become a women’s health PA to continue to develop her skills and play a role in healing women’s cycle dysfunctions. Erin currently lives in San Antonio, TX.

Contributing Writers

Cassondra Moriarty, IBCLC, FAE, is co-host of the Natural Womanhood Podcast, a fertility awareness educator, and a lactation consultant based in the New York City metro area. She runs a private practice where she teaches women and couples about their menstrual cycles and provides support to postpartum families. Her favorite distractions are espionage novels, attempting to garden, and live jazz. You can find out more about her at www.cassondramoriarty.com.

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Julia Hogan-Werner, LCPC, is a counselor in Chicago and owner of Vita Optimum Counseling & Consulting, LLC. She also leads workshops and writes on topics related to self-care, relationships and mental health. Her book, It’s Ok to Start with You is all about the power of embracing your authentic self through self-care. She is passionate about empowering individuals to be their most authentic selves. You can find more of her writing online at juliamariehogan.com.

Taryn Oesch DeLong is a wife and mother in North Carolina. After 10 years in nonprofit and editorial work, she left the workplace to be a stay-at-home mom and freelance editor and writer. She encourages women to live out their feminine genius as the managing editor of Catholic Women in Business and as a contributor to publications for women. Taryn enjoys curling up with a cup of Earl Grey and a good novel, playing the piano, and taking walks in the sunshine with her family. Follow her on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, or read her blog, Everyday Roses.

Kristen Curran is a wife and mother from Denver, Colorado. She holds a B.A. in biology from Benedictine College with a research focus in cancer biology. She is a content and copywriter for a number of small businesses but has a particular passion for fertility and all things women’s health. Most of Kristen’s time is spent chasing her two small children but in free moments she loves reading, visiting with friends, and swing dancing. Kristen’s writing and upcoming projects can be viewed at https://kristenncurran.wordpress.com/.

Clare Sharp is a wife and mom from small town Ohio. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from Wyoming Catholic College, where she also received extensive outdoor education in Wyoming’s wild mountain ranges. Experiential education, Socratic dialogue, and living naturally have been passions for her ever since, leading her both to teaching in classical schools for six years and now to writing for Natural Womanhood. Clare loves reading, perfecting her sourdough bread baking skills, playing piano, and being outside. She lives with her husband and two baby daughters in Steubenville, Ohio.  

Alex Rico is a husband and dachshund dad living in Seattle, WA. He holds a B.S in Chemistry from Colorado Mesa University and functioned as a Firefighter/EMT for over 4 years. He became passionate about Natural Family Planning and FABMs after his wife left hormonal birth control behind and began physically and emotionally thriving. His goal in writing is to provide awareness and rouse interest in both men and women on the benefits of NFP. Alex’s writing portfolio can be viewed at ricowrites18.com and he can be followed on Linkedin.  

Madison Ayers Madison holds a bachelors in Economics and Public Policy from Trinity University and lives in Texas with her husband and daughter. While in college, she was the editor of ISI’s Collegiate Network Publication of the Year, The Tower. After graduating, she worked as an elementary school teacher at a classical school before becoming a mother. You can probably find her either shopping for antique books or at home baking all things sourdough. Madison’s writing can be found at madisonayerswrites.com

Christina Bennett, MS, is a freelance health writer in Central Texas, and her stories have been published in various media outlets, including Kaiser Health News, The Washington Post, and NBC News online. She holds a B.S. in Biomedical Science and M.S. in Science and Technology Journalism from Texas A&M University. Wife and mother of a growing family, she enjoys the freedom that fertility-based awareness methods provide and hopes her writing informs women about how to navigate their health and fertility with dignity. During her spare time, Christina enjoys reading, baking, and writing.  

Mary Rose Somarriba is the Editor of women’s web magazine Verily Magazine and former Editor of Natural Womanhood. In the past, Mary Rose has served as the culture editor of Verily Magazine, managing editor of First Things, and managing editor of The New Atlantis: A Journal on Technology and Society. Mary Rose has been a supporter of fertility awareness since learning the Creighton Model at the Gianna Center in New York, and she now lives with her husband and four children in Cleveland, Ohio.

Scientific Advisory Board

Natural Womanhood’s latest articles are scientifically and medically reviewed by a number of medical doctors and fertility health experts. Click here to learn more.

Doctors for Natural Womanhood

Doctors for Natural Womanhood are doctors working in a wide range of medical fields who each believe fertility charting is a vital sign of a woman’s health. These individuals also believe that FAMs and NFP can serve as safe, highly effective forms of natural birth control. They contribute financially to Natural Womanhood so that more women will be informed of their options. Click here to learn more.

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