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Chelesa Presley, CLC, Doula , CHW

Chelesa Presley, CLC, Doula , CHW

Mrs. Chelesa Presley, is Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Coahoma County Diaper Bank (2016), which later transitioned to the Diaper Bank of the Delta in 2018. Chelsea is also the owner and operator of Early Dawn Birthing Services; Baby Café facilitator of The Lactating Club; and Director of Clarksdale Baby University parenting program. Mrs. Presley serves on the  National Diaper Bank Network Board of Directors. Chelesa is a Certified Lactation Educator (CLE), a Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC), and a Certified Madriella Doula.   

Chelesa Presley set a life goal to help women in the Mississippi Delta and the State of Mississippi make informed choices about maternal practices and to encourage young parents along their parenting journey. In 2018, Chelesa and her team won the 2018 Make the Breast Pump not Suck Hackathon Transformation Award for a project to initiate a homeless shelter for pregnant and postpartum women experiencing housing insecurities in the Mississippi Delta.  She received a 2020 GIVE Awards Outstanding COVID-19 Crisis Response by an Individual, Reaching Our Sister Everywhere 2020 Concrete ROSE Award, and the 2021 Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi Maddox Woman of the Year.
 
Mrs. Presley is a member of Anderson Street Church of Christ in Marks, Mississippi.
She is the proud wife of Julian Presley and mother of three children and a proud grandmother. 
Mrs. Presley’s motto is, “Smile, and live a great story because with God in front all things are possible with faith, prayer, and obedience.”