Member Profile

Catherine Durkin Robinson graduated from the University of Vermont’s End-of-Life Doula program and is a credentialed, NEDA-proficient member of the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance. She was also a longtime hospice-trained volunteer and registered pre-need counselor in Florida before relocating to Chicago in July 2022. Her varied career includes 30 years as a progressive political organizer, 10 years teaching high school and college, and 10 years as a newspaper columnist. She teaches future doulas at the University of New England and is also an educator and board member at End-of-Life Psychedelic Care. Catherine also holds regular classes and workshops in Chicago at St. Joseph’s Hospital, assisted living facilities, DePaul University, and Northwestern University. A queer-informed death doula, Catherine also writes a popular death-positive column at https://catherinedurkinrobinson.substack.com/.