Donna Anderson

CEIM, IAIMT

Donna has a BS in Physical Therapy and a graduate degree in Human Development and Community Resources. Committed to a family–centered care framework, Donna has worked with young children and their families in hospitals, developmental centers, private practice, public schools, and early intervention programs for over 25 years.

Donna became a Certified Infant Massage Instructor in 1996, and a Certified International Trainer in 2002.

Training Locations: Usually holds trainings in the following locations and is open to discussing training in other locations -

Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin

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Joy Jessica U. Baumgartner

CEIM, MSN

Joy Jessica U. Baumgartner is a Registered Nurse, with extensive experience in working with military families and promoting early childhood development. She is passionate about strengthening parent-child relationships through evidence-based practices and empowering caregivers with effective tools for infant care. Her journey with infant massage began in 1998 as a parent, when she experienced firsthand the benefits of this practice in fostering connection and supporting infant development. Building on this personal experience, she became a Certified Educator of Infant Massage in 2008, further solidifying her commitment to supporting families in nurturing relationships with their children.

Through her experience, Joy discovered the profound impact of infant massage in addressing the unique needs of her children, including one with autism and another with ADHD. This personal insight deepened her understanding of how tailored, nurturing touch can support children’s sensory, emotional, and developmental needs, inspiring her to share this knowledge with other families.

Fluent in English, Tagalog, and Cebuano, Joy effectively communicates with families and professionals from diverse cultural backgrounds, fostering trust and inclusivity in all interactions. Currently, Joy serves as the Program Manager of the New Parent Support Program in the United States Marine Corps in Okinawa, where she works with families to enhance their parenting skills and support their emotional well-being.

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Michael Curtis

CEIM, IAIMT

Michael has over 30 years of experience working with the non-profit sector including the Rancho San Antonio Boys Home and the Heart Touch Project. He has been a Red Cross Instructor for 35 years and volunteers with Jewish Home for the Aging and Trinity Care Hospice for adults, children and infants.

Michael became a Certified Infant Massage Instructor in 2000 and a Certified International Trainer in 2009. He has been active on the Infant Massage USA Board of Directors for many years.

Training Locations: Michael lives in California but will train in all 50 states as needed. Don't hesitate to get in touch with him with further details of your training.

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Juliana Dellinger

M.S.E, CEIM, IAIMT

Juliana has shared her passion for working with infants, young children, and their families for over 40 years. Respect for relationships plays a critical role in her work guided by the belief that every parent/caregiver is the expert on their child(ren) and that it is crucial to support families in the context of their culture and community.

Juliana became a Certified Infant Massage Instructor in 1984 and an International Trainer in 1993 under the guidance of Audrey Downes, co-founder of the International Association of Infant Massage (IAIM). As a member of the IAIM Committee for Trainer Candidates (CTC) Juliana participates in recruiting and mentoring new Infant Massage Trainers in countries around the world.

Together with Dr. Stephen Bavolek, Juliana co-authored the nationally validated Nurturing Parenting Programs®, a family-centered trauma-informed initiative designed to build nurturing parenting skills. She is the author of the Nurturing Book for Babies & Children. With permission from Vimala McClure, founder of IAIM, Juliana co-authored Nurturing Touch: Instruction in the Art of Infant Massage® published by Family Development Resources, Inc.

Training Locations: Usually holds trainings in the following locations and is open to discussing training in other locations -

Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Wisconsin

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Marija Eanes

CEIM

Marija was introduced to infant massage in 2011 when she received her training in Montreal, Canada. She immediately fell in love with the idea of parents being the ones massaging their babies and the emphasis on the relationship and bond being created.

She became the pioneer, the only educator in her home country of Serbia, where in 2015 she founded the IAIM Chapter. She is still serving on the Board of the Serbian Chapter, and has been involved with both the USA Chapter and the International Association of Infant Massage.

After having worked with families on two continents for over ten years, her mission is to expand her outreach, training new educators and instructors. She believes that every child deserves the best family possible and that supporting every parent in the early days and weeks of their life with the baby is the key. Parental mental health and mindful parenting is her primary focus.

Apart from being actively involved with the IMUSA, Marija is also a member of PSI (Postpartum Support International). Marija holds three additional certifications: Musical Baby Bonding™ instructor, a yoga and prenatal yoga instructor and a Newborn Behavioral Observation Practitioner.

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Beth Heavilin

CEIM, MA, IFEC-ATMHP, RPI

Beth has shared her passion for working with infants, toddlers, young children and their families since 1989 when she started her formal career.  In 2012, Beth started her journey as a Certified Educator of Infant Massage with IMUSA and IAIM. 

Beth has a Bachelor’s degree in Child Development and Master’s degree in Education from Humboldt State University. Her Master’s thesis was titled The Impact of an Infant Massage Course on Infant-Mother Communication.  Beth went on to receive her post-graduate certificate in Infant-family and Early Childhood Mental Health from University of Massachusetts, Boston with the Napa Infant-Parent Mental Health Post-Graduate Program. Additionally, Beth is a fellow of the Napa, Reflective Supervision Academy.  She is a distinguished fellow of the Napa Infant Parent Mental Health Fellowship Program being awarded the Dr. Bruce Perry Spirit of the Child Award in 2019. She is endorsed in the state of California as an Advanced Transdisciplinary Infant-family and Early Childhood Mental Health Practitioner and Reflective Practice Facilitator.

Beth’s gentle nature and respect for relationships plays a critical role in her capacity to work well with young children and their families.  She believes that every parent/caregiver is the expert of their child(ren) and desires to support the family in the context of their culture and community.  Beth would like to see all families be cared for from the earliest stages of pregnancy and parenting and wholeheartedly respects the IAIM content and curriculum as a delivery method of that support.

Training Locations: Usually holds trainings in the following locations and is open to discussing training in other locations -

Alaska, Californa, and the surrounding areas

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Vonda Jump

CEIM, IAIMT, PHD

Dr. Vonda Jump Norman is an Assistant Professor in Social Work at the Brigham City Campus of Utah State University, with an emphasis on systems of care affecting infants in orphanages, promoting positive parent-child relationships during the first years, and an interest in physical and mental health and resiliency, especially for vulnerable families. She has developed and implemented successful interventions and a curriculum with severely neglected children in orphanages in Ecuador, Haiti, and India; developed and implemented trainings working with vulnerable at-risk families; and was a consultant and trainer for military families experiencing grief, trauma, and loss.

Before obtaining her PhD, she conducted treatment for children with severe emotional disturbances, and led preschool therapy groups for children who were sexually abused. She is a graduate ZERO TO THREE Fellow and past President for the Utah Association for Infant Mental Health.  She is co-chair of the Northern Utah Trauma Resiliency Collaborative and a co-author of the PICCOLO parenting behavior measure. 

Training Locations: Usually holds trainings in the following locations and is open to discussing training in other locations, especially including Alaska and Hawaii -

Any state between Utah and Kentucky

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JoAnn Lewis

LMT, CEIM, IAIMT

JoAnn has worked as a Massage Therapist in her private practice of family massage since 1995 and in teaching parent/baby, pregnancy partner, couples, and professional massage for nearly as many years. Her first degree in Education was from the University of Iowa.

JoAnn became a Certified International Trainer in 2005. In 2004 -5 JoAnn worked in Belgium to create the Belgium Chapter of the International Association of Infant Massage with Instructors there. She has also done Humanitarian CEIM Trainings in Haiti and taught for five years in Taiwan as well as teaching at EastWest College in Portland, Oregon and Bastyr University/Simkin Center in Seattle, Washington.

Currently, JoAnn teaches at her Family Massage Education Center in Ashland, Oregon and conducts CEIM Trainings virtually and in-person.

Training Locations: Usually holds trainings in the following locations and is open to discussing training in other locations -

Arkansas, California, Oregon, Washington

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Olga Morris

CEIM, IAIMT, FNP

Olga has over 25 years’ experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner and Nationally Certified Massage Therapist.  She has worked in Public and Private Practice, delivering primary health care to family members of all ages, with a continued commitment to preventative care for women and children in her community.  She is co-coordinator for an integrative health center in Arizona and is retired staff from a local, state-accredited massage school. Olga serves her community as a volunteer member of the Yavapai Regional Council of First Things First, Arizona’s Early Childhood agency that partners with communities and families to help more children arrive kindergarten healthy and ready to succeed.

As a CEIM, she has been teaching families for over 20 years. She participates with her colleagues to ensure growth and standards of the Infant Massage curriculum and has served eight years on the IMUSA Board of Directors.  She continues her education regularly, proceeding to train as a Zero to Three Trainer on The Growing Brain and is a member of the Infant Toddler Mental Health Coalition of Arizona.  Olga brings to the training her passion for teaching and sharing, along with a compassion for the opportunity for personal growth available when doing this work. 

Training Locations: Usually holds trainings in the following locations and is open to discussing training in other locations especially including Arkansas, Delaware, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada and Puerto Rico, Arizona, California, Illinois, Pennsylvania

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Suzanne Reese

CEIM, IAIMT

Suzanne Reese is an IAIM/IMUSA Educator & Senior Trainer. She is the editor of the Sensational Baby Program and has served on both the international and national Board of Directors.

Suzanne holds a B.A. in Child Development and worked in family and child service agencies for ten years before becoming a trainer. Suzanne retired as a holistic health practitioner and yoga teacher to focus on infant massage. Suzanne has taught infant massage for 20+ years. Her acclaimed work has been featured worldwide at conferences, universities, in print (People magazine), online, and in radio and local news stations. She is an author, a singer/songwriter, and a humanitarian - all things infant massage.

Suzanne's comprehensive knowledge base, her passion for this work, her integrative approach, the integrity of her commitment to her students, and her energetic presentation is what make her courses educational, inspiring, and fun. She is confident that, together, we can help create more compassionate communities worldwide.

In 2022, Suzanne moved from California to East Texas. Suzanne grew up in California, went to school there, started her career there, and started her family there. Texas is her home state now, and she and her family are loving it! Suzanne has led trainings in Texas before as a visiting trainer. Now, as a resident trainer, she is excited to bring her passion to Texas and support and lead new Certified Educators into the rewarding experiences only this amazing practice can provide.

Training Locations: Usually holds trainings in the following locations and is open to discussing training in other locations -

Texas, California (San Diego area)

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Linda Storm

CEIM, IAIMT, IPMHC

While teaching preschool, Linda saw different behaviors of children in her class. Some were calm, stayed on task, and could focus. Other children would move from activity to activity and were easily distracted. She drew on her special education training to help the children and their parents. She was wondering how she could reach children younger than three years old.

Soon after, Linda found an article in the Washington Post about infant massage and searched for training to become a Certified Educator of Infant Massage (CEIM) in 1999. She was thrilled to see the benefits for parents and babies before her eyes. She quickly realized there were more parents to help than she could reach, so she became an International Trainer in 2003.

In 2005, the US Chapter was reorganized, and Linda became the first Executive Director of Infant Massage USA. She co-authored the Sensational Baby materials. Linda has presented at state and national conferences and written articles for national magazines, professional journals, and local parent magazines.

Linda holds a Certificate of Infant-Parent Mental Health from UMass Boston with Ed Tronick and has an Infant Mental Health Endorsement. She is a member of the SCIMHA and serves on the IMUSA Board.

Training Locations: Usually holds training in the following locations - Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, Oklahoma, South Carolina

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Justine Tutuska

CEIM, IAIMT, MPH, LMT

Justine holds a Master of Public Health MPH degree in Health Promotion from San Diego State University and is a Licensed Massage Therapist in the state of New York. She is an Associate Professor in the Health Promotion Dept at Daemen University in Amherst (Buffalo) NY with over 15 years experience in chairing her department, teaching coursework in the areas of community health education, global health, professional development, integrative healthcare, and mindfulness. In her University role, she has created and led international service learning projects for over 10 years in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and the Dominican Republic.  

Justine has additional certification in pregnancy massage and holds a certificate from the Institute of Integrative Aromatherapy.  

She has been an active Certified Educator of Infant Massage (CEIM) with IMUSA since 2008 and an International Trainer with the International Association of Infant Massage (IAIM-Sweden) since 2016.  Justine has spent many years on the Infant Massage USA Board of Directors as the President, Trainer Liaison and Board Member.

Training Locations: Usually holds trainings in the following locations and is open to discussing training in other locations - Georgia, Missouri (including Kansas City, KS), North Carolina, Ohio, and Western Pennsylvania

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Jody Wright

CEIM, IAIMT, CLC

Jody Wright has dedicated her career to supporting positive relationships between parents and their babies. She is the mother of five grown children, and specializes in breastfeeding, massage and bonding with the adopted child. She has published over 25 articles for parents, and received numerous awards, including the La Leche League International Award of Appreciation. For 20 years she was the president of Motherwear, a clothing catalog/website for breastfeeding mothers. 

Jody was trained to be an International Trainer in 1984 by Vimala McClure and was a founding board member of the International Association for Infant Massage Instructors in 1986. She served on the IAIM International Board from 2006-2016. She currently serves on the Infant Massage USA Board. Jody has trained thousands of instructors throughout the USA, and led trainings in Costa Rica, Taiwan, Ghana, Kenya, Haiti, China and Brazil.

Training Locations: Usually holds trainings in the following USA locations and is open to discussing training in other locations - California (San Francisco area), Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Texas.

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Cristina Zapata

CEIM, IAIMT

Cristina became a Certified Infant Massage Instructor in 2007 and a Certified International Trainer in 2017, is currently IAIM's contact person for Ecuador.

Cristina worked in social service with children with special needs at the Baca Ortiz children's hospital, at the maternal and child center of Ecuador together with various health and comprehensive child development professionals, at the Center for Perinatal Research Ecotrimedic / Fetalmedic and at the NCinta Maternity Care Center.

She has an additional certification in pregnancy massage and massage with growing children through play, is passionate about creating communication bridges and strengthening relationships between parents and their children.

Train in Spanish and is open to discussing training elsewhere.

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