Ecoparents is owned by Nanny Gortzak, an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant in Irvine, California. Nanny believes that parents who want to make responsible choices regarding their baby, need to have easy access to information. This site tries to offer a combination of articles related to breastfeeding and parenting and links on the internet to high quality websites.
Nanny Gortzak is born and raised in The Netherlands, where she received her formal education. She obtained a masters' degree in human nutrition at the Agricultural University in Wageningen. Nanny is also trained as a health education teacher. Since 1997, Nanny is working with breastfeeding families and since 2001, Nanny has a private practice as a lactation consultant.
Nanny is a member of several breastfeeding organizations: La Leche League, the International Lactation Consultant Association, The Orange County Breastfeeding Coalition, the Orange County Lactation Consultant Association. Nanny is contributing to the largest e-magazine on parenting in the Netherlands, where she writes about breastfeeding topics. Nanny developed several course curricula on health topics. For the year 2004, Nanny is appointed as the vice president of the Orange County Breastfeeding Coalition.
Disclaimer: The Ecoparents website provides information only and should not be used to replace professional advise.