Marjaana Siivola is a usability engineer (Master and Licentiate of Science (Tech)), a teacher, an elearning specialist, and a childbirth professional. She is an Advanced Certified Birth Doula (DONA) and Lamaze-certified childbirth educator who transformed childbirth education by combining her passion for good usability, online learning and family wellbeing into online childbirth education well before COVID-19. In her latest PhD research, she developed a VR childbirth education program to add experiential learning to childbirth education. Users were integral to her research, and parents and midwives provided valuable insights into the program's design. 

• M.Sc(Tech)


• Lic.Sc(Tech)


• Teacher in adult education


• AdcCD(DONA) Advance certified birth doula


• BDT(DONA) Birth doula trainer


• LCCE Lamaze certified childbirth educator