Linda has a career-long commitment not only to midwifery and the health of women and birthing people, but also health equity and the intersection of health and mental health. She obtained her BSN and MPH, with majors in Public Health Nursing and Maternal Child Health, from the University of Michigan. Her certificate in Midwifery was obtained from SUNY Downstate, and she completed her MSW at Rutgers University, with a certificate in Violence Against Women and Children. Her midwifery experience includes: Chief of Midwifery at St Joseph’s Regional Medical Center (Paterson), clinical practice at Planned Parenthood, FQHC’s and in a community hospital midwifery practice, solo private midwifery practice, and both nursing and midwifery faculty. As a Social Worker, she has worked  in several capacities. She currently is a consultant and therapist.

On a national level she was the New Jersey AIM representative to ACNM (American College of Nurse Midwives) and was on the ACNM Diversity and Inclusion Taskforce. In New Jersey she has served as  a member of the Board of Medical Examiners Midwifery Committee, the NJ Blue Ribbon Panel on Black Infant Mortality, and two-term President of the New Jersey Affiliate of ACNM.  She currently serves on the New Jersey Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Taskforce , the NJ Maternal Mortality Review Committee and as DEI Chair of the NJ Affiliate of ACNM. She is the founding chair of the NJ Health Cares about Domestic and Sexual Violence Collaborative, and the principle of LSL Consulting, LLC.