Member Profile

Ames (Amanda Meeks) is a death doula, interdisciplinary artist, teaching librarian, and community archivist living in Tucson, AZ. As a doula, they are committed to building compassionate, creative spaces for exploring death, dying, and grief. In addition to offering individual and community-based doula support, their own creative work centers around themes of love, grief, and feminist care through zines, book arts, and participatory experiences that invite reflection. Their values-based practice is shaped by their training with Going with Grace and certification through the National End-of-Life Doula Association. Ames is a queer, non-binary femme; LGBTQ+ affirming end-of-life care and advocacy is central to their work as a doula.