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“My book looks at three schools in Mexico trying different approaches to what midwifery should look like, whether it should work within the healthcare system or be autonomous,” Dixon said. “A lot of my book is about how they are grappling with the question of how to work with the Mexican state or how to come in and provide a positive force for change.”
Dixon initially worked with Mexican midwives while traveling to San Miguel de Allende on a grant from her undergraduate institution, the University of Chicago.
“I thought I’d be there interning for a couple of months, then come back and go to medical school,” Dixon said. “But I fell in love with Mexico and the midwives and midwifery in general. I wound up staying five years and immersing myself in that world.”