TRACIE COLLINS DAY

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By the time she was a teen, Tracie Collins, a young, single mother felt destined to live a life marked by a series of tragedies, abusive relationships, and dead-end jobs. Struggling daily in a poverty-stricken environment where hopelessness prevailed, he had no hope of ever being able to live a good life – like the one the Huxtables lived on her favorite television show. Young Tracie was focused on simply trying to survive day to day. 

That is, until someone introduced her to the potential of a career in a healthcare, launching her on the path to discovering her love for caring for the medical needs of others. On this journey, as fate would have it, she discovered her true passion and purpose in life: being a Midwife and Doula. She was a natural in coaching expectant mothers through the birthing process, and others easily recognized it; before long, she became one of the most in-demand Doulas in the San Francisco Bay Area. 

After 17 years of working as a Doula, the business-savvy industry veteran leveraged her high levels of skill, experience and expertise to establish the National Black Doulas Association (NBDA), a space where thousands of Black birthing professionals would go on to be educated and empowered in the field annually. 

From there, the door opened to new opportunities, like working with Dove, Johnson & Johnson, Pampers, Walmart, and others, allowing Tracie to experience levels of business success and ways of living that she’d never thought to be possible, even in her wildest dreams. 

Special Delivery is a triumph story of how one woman overcame a series of hardships and traumas to succeed in life while revolutionizing the birthing industry for Black and BIPOC birthing professionals. It is a book written to “the everyday Black girl,” regardless of age or background, to encourage them to never give up their dream but to continue to pursue their passion until it intersects with their purpose and leads them to their destiny.