Wenda Brewster O'Reilly, Ph.D. holds a master's degree from Harvard University and a doctorate in education from Stanford. She conducted research on women's health care and childbirth practices as an affiliated scholar at Stanford University's Institute for Women and Gender. In her role as Executive Director of The Birth Place, a California out-of-hospital childbirth center, she worked closely with community groups and government agencies, advocating change in the way medicine is practiced and understood. Wenda lives with her husband and three daughters in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she writes and lectures on topics related to homeopathic medicine.