PHEBE Granderson, MSN APRn-CNM
Phebe Granderson graduated from Cox College of Nursing in Springfield, Missouri in 1999, and has worked in labor and delivery and women’s healthcare for over 10 years. Phebe earned her Master's of Nursing in midwifery in March 2019 from Frontier Nursing University, is certified through the American Midwifery Certification Board and holds an Advanced Practice Registered Nursing License to practice midwifery. She has attended births in the out-of-hospital setting for over four years and maintains certification in neonatal resuscitation. She is also pursuing certification as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant.
Phebe’s desire to be a midwife grew out of her experiences growing up in Asia. She has had the privilege of caring for women and babies in a variety of cultural settings over the years and has seen firsthand that childbirth has a profound effect on women from every background. Her experiences working in labor and delivery and childbirth education led her to advocate for a more woman-centered, holistic, and empowering childbirth experience for the women in her care.
Phebe has 4 children, and in her free time she enjoys seeing new places, enjoying Broadway musicals, and spending time with family.
Candice Killeen, APRN-CNM
Candice is a NWA native, where she was a member of the Springdale High School Medical Academy. She met her husband and moved to Massachusetts where she obtained a bachelors in Medical Sciences; graduating magna cum laude from Bay Path University. She continued her education to complete a nursing degree with maternal and neonatal honors, and graduated from Baystate Midwifery Education Program with a master’s degree in Nurse-Midwifery.
While in graduate school, she had extensive training and experience in gynecology and low and high-risk births. She had her first birth at home and loves working with first-time parents. Candice has a passion for practicing holistically with a goal for finding root causes.
When she isn’t catching babies or seeing clients in the office, you can find her “catching” lambs or gardening on her family’s hobby farm, spending time on Beaver Lake, or enjoying the parks and trails of NWA.
Brittany Clark Shaddox BSN, RNC-MNN, CCCE
Brittany received her BSN at the University of Arkansas in 2013 and has devoted her career to supporting families through pregnancy, birth and postpartum. She has experience supporting women in the diverse settings including clinic and both in and out of hospital birth. Desire to advocate for informed decision making, optimal health and outcomes, and empowering autonomy in birth led Brittany to become a Certified Childbirth Educator in 2016.
Aside from her passion for supporting families in her community through this chapter of life, Brittany spends most of her time with her husband and two boys tending and building their homestead where they raise most of their own food. They aspire to establish sustainable polyculture systems that benefit the environment.
Malorie Applegate, RN, MSN-E, CLC, CPST
Malorie has been working as a registered nurse since 2010. She discovered her passion for working with women and infants while stationed in Turkey working for WIC-Overseas. She has over six years of hospital experience working with moms and babies. She considers it one of the greatest honors of her life to be invited into the sacred space of women becoming mothers. She loves providing encouragement, support and education to families as they navigate this beautiful transition.
Malorie spends most of her time outdoors exploring with her husband and two little girls. In her free time she enjoys reading, hiking, foraging, polar plunging and traveling the world.