Diane Tandy is a Certified Nurse Midwife in Atlanta / Alpharetta

Diane is no doubt a compassionate and skilled health professional. But she is so much more. She is a woman of faith and a courageous defender of the inviolability of human life.

How many women have been encouraged to pray in the delivery room during a routine labor by their health professional? We doubt many.

For the past seven years, Diane has been reaching out to women in crisis pregnancies, providing free ultrasounds, reduced prenatal care and sometimes even a place to call home by opening her door to girls who have nowhere to turn. Above all, Diane gives hope to women who feel hopeless. In doing so, she saves countless lives.

According to Diane, midwifery didn't always top her career list. "I wanted to go into the medical field so I could look after elderly people, but every time I tried to go into geriatrics, I'd be pulled back into OB," says Diane, who estimates she's delivered more than 10,000 babies since she started practicing in 1982. "I didn't choose midwifery. God chose for me."