Jeannie Canepa
NEDA Proficient
End-of-Life Doula
Napa, California, USA
About
Born and bred in Chicago and raised in a deeply Catholic household by an ex-nun mother, Jeannie Canepa grew up attending eerie Italian Catholic wakes where death was displayed, but rarely discussed afterward. Today, she is an end-of-life doula, hospice volunteer, and Threshold Choir singer based in Napa, supporting individuals and families through life’s final chapters with tenderness, honesty, and reverence. She believes dying is not a medical failure, but a deeply human experience deserving presence, dignity,