GOLD Speakers

Aiden Farrow, BSc, IBCLC, Cert PPH

• Country: Canada

Biography:

Aiden Farrow is an IBCLC, writer, speaker, and infant feeding and health equity advocate. Parent of a child born with a cleft lip and palate, they have advocated extensively over the last 16 years in order to increase awareness of the specific challenges faced by cleft affected infants and their families and to increase adequate lactation support for this community. Based in Victoria BC, Aiden has a private practice entirely focused on babies with oral clefts, providing support internationally via telehealth. Aiden serves on the editorial review board of the Journal of Human Lactation and co-authored the journal’s policy on sex and gender inclusion. Aiden works with Indigenous families as a family support worker and lactation and infant feeding consultant at the Victoria Native Friendship Centre and has a special interest in food security and food sovereignty for infants and toddlers.