Velvet Escario-Roxas is a maternal and infant health advocate, birth worker and community builder in the Philippines. She is the founder of the Pinay Doulas Collective (the country's first doula organization) and a founding administrator of both Gentle Birth Philippines and Breastfeeding Pinays, a compassionate online space for mother-to-mother support. A DONA International Certified Birth Doula, as well as a Postpartum Doula and Bereavement Doula, she has trained over 5,000 breastfeeding counselors across more than 30 cities and municipalities nationwide. Her frontline crisis work includes leading emergency mother and infant feeding rescue efforts during Typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana and Typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan through her work with Arugaan's Breastfeeding Emergency Support Team (BesTeam). She remains a dedicated champion for the rights, protection and health of the mother-baby dyad.