Core Team 2023

Shannissy Catron

“WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO GROW UP IN THIS WORLD AS A WOMAN. ON THE BEST DAYS IT’S A CHALLENGE. THIS IS SO NEEDED AND I WISH WE COULD DO IT FOR EVERY TEENAGE WOMAN IN OUR COMMUNITY.”

SHANNISSY CATRON IS A DOULA AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PRACTITIONER ROOTED IN THE SYNERGY OF INTUITIVE MASSAGE. AS A DOULA SHE SPECIALIZES IN WORKING WITH WOMEN WHO ARE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL TRAUMA AND SHE’S ASSISTED DOZEN’S OF TEENAGE MOTHERS THROUGH THEIR PREGNANCIES AND BIRTHS. AS SUCH, SHE IS THE 2023 YOUNG WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTER IMPACT AWARD WINNER.

SHANNISSY IS THE DIRECTOR OF HEALING ARTS AT POLLINATE RITUAL and the Pollinate Hive House. CURATING THE HEALING PRACTITIONERS AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR WEEKENDS AND CREATING NEW HEALING MODALITIES AT POLLINATE THAT BRIDGE RITUAL AND STANDARD THERAPEuTIC MODALITIES. Read more here!

Adaliz Rios

Maidens weekend impacted my life in a way I could have never imagined. Because of this, I hope to provide others with the same opportunities to grow as I had. I am so excited for this next step in my life! ” 

A new asset to the core team, Adaliz is a maiden alum, CNA, preschool teaching assistant, and a music education major at Coe College. In her free time she enjoys all sorts of arts and crafts, cooking and baking, and listening to music. Providing a new perspective as the youngest core member, Adaliz has the innate ability to connect with our young girls at a different level. She looks forward to meeting all the maidens this summer! 

Kathryn Dickel

“THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT THE RETREATS I ATTENDED AS A TEEN WOMAN SAVED MY LIFE. DOING THE MAIDENS WEEKEND FEELS FULL CIRCLE AND I’M HONORED TO BE IN SERVICE IN THIS WAY BECAUSE I FUNDAMENTALLY KNOW WHAT IT CAN MEAN FOR A YOUNG WOMAN.“

KATHRYN IS THE FOUNDER OF POLLINATE RITUAL. DURING HER TEEN YEARS KATHRYN WAS LUCKY TO ATTEND DOZENS OF RETREATS CREATING A SPIRITUAL BASIS FOR NAVIGATING HER LIFE AS AN ORIGINAL LATCH KEY KID.

AS AN ADULT, KATHRYN TOOK INSPIRATION FROM HER CHILDHOOD RETREAT EXPERIENCES TO START POLLINATE RITUAL AND HELP PEOPLE LIVE SOUL-CENTERED LIVES.

KATHRYN IS A spiritual director, and a LIFE-LONG ENTREPRENEUR. ALONG WITH POLLINATE, SHE IS THE CO-FOUNDER OF MIDWESTIX, CITY SOUNDS: THE DES MOINES PUBLIC PIANO PROJECT & the Des moines music collective. read more here

Christina Fernandez Morrow

Christina Fernandez Morrow is a leader in empowering hispanic woman. She is the Founder of The Latina Leadership INitiative and has work with high school and college age women over the last decade in her role as educational mentor at dmacc.

christina is also an accomplish writer of memoir and children’s books and a mother.

Suzanne Pulcher

Suzanne joined the maiden’s team in 2024. With 18 years of nursing experience in Hospice, Neurology and ICU, Suzanne has expanded her wisdom to focus on life transits encompassing loss, as such she is a certified end-of-life doula.

Suzanne has also helped many clients find peace through ambiguous losses such as divorce, job loss and family passings.  

Suzanne facilitates the Charlotte’s Door End of Life support group at the Pollinate Hive House and sees clients in end of life transition for one on one support.