"I have spent my whole career doing something I love. How about that!?"

"There is no doubt that Celeste Phillips can be viewed as one of the trendsetters in maternal-newborn health care in the 20th century. She has worked tirelessly for many years to accomplish the vision she has had since she was a young nursing student. . . . As she is so fond of saying, 'They just don't get it yet . . . but they will!'"

From: Zwelling, Elaine. (2000). Trendsetter: Celeste Phillips, The Mother of Family-Centered Maternity Care, JOGNN, 29, 90-94.

Celeste Phillips is well known throughout the maternity care community as a pioneer in Family-Centered Maternity Care. After years of working to bring family-centered practices to hundreds of hospitals, she remains passionate about her work. She continues to work with clients, to publish books and articles, and to speak on the subject so close to her heart-true family-centered maternity care.