Empowering Lactation is a Chicagoland-based lactation consultant service. Katie Prezas, owner, is an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant helping families navigate infant feeding including breast/chestfeeding, pumping, bottles, returning to work/daycare, weaning, and everything in between. With an additional certification in Perinatal Mental Health, she focuses on developing feeding plans for parents that are manageable for their family and situation; she also has significant expertise in tethered oral tissues, including tongue-tie and lip-tie. Katie offers home visits in Chicagoland, telehealth, and sees clients at the Birth Center of Chicago. She is the President of the Northern Illinois Lactation Consultant Association, former Vice Chair of the Illinois Chapter of PSI, former head of Climb Team Chicago, and a Girl Scout Leader.