Helena Benozaadleyo Jacobs

Lena is the daughter of Dee Olin and David Hoffman, and the granddaughter of the late Lillian and Fred Olin, the late Lorraine and John Honea, and the late Helen and George Hoffman. Born in Fairbanks with ancestral ties to Ruby and Kokrines, and raised throughout 7 different communities in Alaska, she now lives and works in Anchorage on Dena'ina land where she and her husband are raising their children.

Lena is a cofounder of the Alaska Native Birthworkers Community. She has completed the Full Spectrum Indigenous Doula training, Indigenous Childbirth Educator training, Indigenous Breastfeeding Counselor training, Spinning Babies workshop and has learned from the many families she has supported over the last 17 years as a birth helper.