Essentially Empowered, Inc


Meet the team



Lakeeta Watts



Executive Director



Lakeeta Watts, born in Milwaukee, WI is the founder of Essentially Empowered Inc. Lakeeta is a Certified Community Health Worker (CHW) serving as a Full Spectrum Community Doula and certified Breastfeeding Specialist. She started the organization because her son was hurt in an accident back in 2016. Lakeeta's other children witnessed this and together they all suffered a great deal of PTSD. Lakeeta, like most mothers, tried her hardest to equip her children with the necessary coping mechanisms to get them through this but felt as if she failed, and because of this Essentially Empowered was born.





Patricia Wheeler



Administrative Assitant



Patrica is a community liaison with experience in resources, referrals and helping to keep an organization on track. She is happy to serve in our organization and excited to support the mission of Essentially Empowered Inc.




Patricia@essentiallyempoweredinc.org



Angela Kingsawan



Birth & Postpartum Doula



Angela Kingsawan is of Tigua, Raramuri, and Mexica. She is a Certified Birth & Postpartum Doula, Certified Breastfeeding Specialist, certified yoga instructor, a reiki master, artist, and Indigenous herbalist. Angela is committed to helping to heal communities of culture through education, decolonization, and reconnection to culturally significant wellness ways.


Angela@essentiallyempoweredinc.org



Kamaria Holland



Birth & Postpartum Doula



Kamaria Holland is a Parent Educator, Wellness Coach, and Intervention Specialist with Mental Health America. She serves on the Core Council of the Milwaukee Coalition for Children’s Mental Health. Kamaria is a Certified Birth Doula. Kamaria is passionate about the mental health and wellbeing of her clients. She desires to elevate voices in spaces where often client's voices could be lost.






Kamaria@essentiallyempoweredinc.org






Catreese Carlson



Certified Holistic Doula



Catreese is a mom of five and Doula in training. She has a passion for helping the community and being there to support those in need. Catreese is also a hair stylist with a passion of uplifting others.





Catreese@essentiallyempoweredinc.org



Khola Cooksey
Certified Birth Doula



Khola is a Certified doula and certified Lactation specialist. She has a passion of supporting moms with breastfeeding and education.Khola is also a mom of two.


Khola@essentiallyempoweredinc.org






Ericka Cosey



Certified Holistic Doula



Ericka is a Certified Holistic Birth Doula that is passionate about her community. She strives to ensure that her clients' needs are met, birth plans are brought into fruition and concerns are answered. Ericka's wants to uplift her client's voices while teaching them how to advocate for themselves in health systems.





Ericka@essentiallyempoweredinc.org



Denna Triggs
Certified Birth Doula



Denna Triggs is a mother of 4, a Childbirth & Parent Educator, and a Birth & postpartum Doula. She believes in supporting a mother throughout her pregnancy journey – through education, self-care practice, and physical comforts, bringing about confidence in the laboring mother’s body and in her ability to use her voice to satisfy her needs. She believes that every woman should have access to a doula. Denna will be providing Prenatal workshops that supports the well-being of pregnancy, birth and postpartum.


Denna@essentiallyempoweredinc.org