Who We Are

ZenLena Partum Care was founded by Alora Kissee. Alora made the decision to become a Community Doula after the impact of having a doula through her own personal birthing journey.

Our name comes from the combination of Zenobra and Ethelena. Zenobra was our founder's great grandmother, whom she never met. She was the mother of Ethelena, Alora's maternal grandmother.

There was an intentional choice in using the term partum when choosing our company name. The first reason is a lot times people only use or hear the word when conversations are about the postpartum period. That, in itself, is a failure to remember that words have meanings. The ultimate goal is to removing the use of "she has postpartum", well, all mommas do. She is experiencing depression in her post partum phase. This is our hope in reclaiming the word and its definition.

The second reason for intentionally choosing the word partum is that our company focuses on more than just being a doula. We are passionate about being able to services such as: meal planning and/or preparation services, mental health services, cleaning services, postpartum nanny and others that can make world of difference in all 4 trimesters.