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  • 1JACQUELINE LEVINE is committed to providing a continuum of care to underserved women in Long Island, New York, where she teaches free Lamaze classes and provides free labor, birth, and breastfeeding services to all the women in her classes at Planned Parenthood of Nassau County. She is a contributing author to the Lamaze e-newsletter, Building Confidence Week by Week, and a Marketing Ambassador for the Grassroots Advocacy Committee of the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services.

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