Krystina McNeil (MPHEd, BA, ASM, CPM, LM) is the Founder and Director of Newlife School of Midwifery. She and her husband, Matthew, served as missionaries in the Philippines for 30 years.
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Krystina holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Foreign Languages and Education from Lewis and Clark College, and an Associate of Science Degree in Midwifery from the National College of Midwifery. She completed a Master’s Degree with Distinction in Health Professions Education: Accreditation and Assessment from Keele University, Manchester.
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Krystina is a highly gifted instructor. She and her staff have trained more than 300 midwife students in addition to dozens of short term interns. Over the course of the past three decades Krystina, her staff and students have delivered more than 35,000 babies.
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Matthew is an ordained minister and trained several thousand Filipino pastors how to plant new churches. Matthew is also the founder of Project Challenge Foundation and Newlife Int'l Development Partnership mission organization. Krystina and Matthew are the proud parents of two beautiful daughters, Josie and Jessica.
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Greg and Lois Lewis (MD and CPM respectively) are the new Directors of Mercy Maternity Center in Davao City which is the clinical training site for Newlife School. They hail from western New York State, and Western Canada respectively, though they found each other in the Philippines! Greg is a Family Practice board certified Medical Doctor, and Lois is a Certified Professional Midwife, and previous graduate of Newlife International School of Midwifery.
Over the past 16 years Greg and Lois have been involved with medical work in the Philippines, and both believe strongly in whole person medical care. Greg, Lois and their 5 children have been based in the Philippines the past 5 years as a family, and have answered the call to come and lead at MMC. 

We are excited to be leading the team at MMC, and are thrilled to be using our gifts to serve.
FACULTY
Krystina McNeil (MPHEd, BA, ASM, CPM, LM) is the Founder and Director of Newlife School of Midwifery. She and her husband, Matthew, served as missionaries in SE Asia for 30 years.
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Krystina holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Foreign Languages and Education from Lewis and Clark College, and an Associate of Science Degree in Midwifery from the National College of Midwifery. She completed a Master’s Degree with Distinction in Health Professions Education: Accreditation and Assessment from Keele University, Manchester.
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Krystina is a highly gifted instructor. She and her staff have trained more than 300 midwife students in addition to dozens of short term interns. Over the course of the past three decades, Krystina and her staff and students have delivered more than 35,000 babies.
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Matthew is an ordained minister and has trained several thousand pastors how to plant new churches. Matthew is also the founder of Project Challenge Foundation and Newlife Int'l Development Partnership mission organization. Krystina and Matthew are the proud parents of two beautiful daughters, Josie and Jessica.
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Hannah Irwin (RN, CPM) is the Overseas Cohort Coordinator.
She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Oklahoma Baptist University in 2013. She decided to further pursue women’s healthcare and attended Newlife School of Midwifery herself from 2017-2019. Hannah grew up as an MK in Ecuador, Ukraine, and Russia.
She loves traveling and she has visited almost 25 countries to date. Hannah has a passion for improving women and infant healthcare outcomes and also teaching and training future midwives. She also loves getting out in nature, going on adventure hikes in the mountains, and camping at the beach.
Staff and Faculty
President: Krystina McNeil, MHPEd, BA, ASM, CPM, LM
School & Program Director: Krystina McNeil
Chief Administrative Officer: Matthew McNeil
Administrative Operations Manager: Abby Stufflebeam
Overseas Cohort Coordinator: Hannah Irwin BSN, ASM, CPM
Clinical Coordinator: Scarlet Denton BSM, ASM, CPM
School Development: Fernanda Kramer, ASM, CPM & Amber Rudlong, BSN, ASM, CPM
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Academic Faculty:
Abby Denning RD
Scarlet Denton BSM, ASM, CPM
Olivia Dungog BA, ASM, CPM
Leigha Fairchild BA, ASM, CPM
Jennifer Hall BA, ASM, CPM
Hannah Irwin BSN, ASM, CPM
Elizabeth Kohlmann ASM, CPM IBCLC
Taylor Matakis CPM, LM
Krystina McNeil MPHED, BA, ASM, CPM
Nikki Meyer BA, ASM, CPM
Sonja Petersen ASM, CPM, RM
Cameron Rai ASM, CPM
Audrey Redington ASM, CPM
Amber Rudlong BSN, ASM, CPM
Leah Wells MPH
Pictured here are Newlife’s Overseas cohort full-time staff midwives who serve as clinical faculty at our overseas clinic. Our internationally trained preceptors provide a wealth of experience that cannot be matched at any other training site. The majority of Newlife’s overseas preceptors have served in this capacity for over 10 years, bringing with them unmatched skills and experience.
Our program ensures that students have qualified clinical preceptors whether they are studying in the overseas or US cohort. NISM provides clinical faculty for the overseas cohort students and assists students in the US-based cohort to find qualified preceptors. Qualified and competent preceptors help ensure students graduate thoroughly equipped.