My name is Kym Nacita (she/her) and I am a queer immigrant care doula.

I immigrated from the Philippines at a young age and was raised in Ontario on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Huron-Wendat and Wyandot Nations. I currently reside in K'jipuktuk (Halifax, Nova Scotia), on the unceded and ancestral lands of the Mi’kmaq people.

My post-secondary school experience includes a Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honours (Geography) from Queen’s University and a college diploma in Social Service Work from St. Lawrence College, both located in Kingston, Ontario. During my post-secondary schooling, I volunteered for a number of non-profit organizations including a shelter for people escaping gender-based violence, hospice, long-term care facilities and an HIV/AIDS services center focusing on advocacy, education, and harm reduction. 

In 2014, I pivoted to a culinary career that would span almost 10 years, throughout three different provinces. I also began working part-time as a care doula of sorts, as a companion to clients on outings, as an executive functioning assistant or as a cook when needed. With this, alongside my volunteer work history led me to the Death Doula course by Home Hospice Association. While in the course, I continued to take on clients and finally settled on the term Care Doula to explain what I do. As birth doulas and death doulas help/move an individual and their family through a particular life event, care doulas work with individuals and their families to understand what care means for them and to ease their life during these health-related events. 

I have been working on Serving Spoonies in one way or another for a very long time, amassing the experience and knowledge I need to be thoughtful and understanding in this work. I am always open and excited to learn new strategies of what works with each individual client.