Even in her practice as a death doula, she can't take away a grieving family's pain. She can't bring back what's gone. However, under the right circumstances, Gikonyo can make it somewhat beautiful.

She had a salary of $148,000 in her D.C. government ... using government time or resources for nonofficial business for consulting and doula work, using government property for those purposes ...

The struggles she has seen in her community led her to seek more training to help people face death, and in 2022 she added another credential to her spiritual one: end-of-life doula. “ ...

The investigation determined that Graves “offered doula consultations curing times ... One email contained new annual salary information for Blackstone employees after their bonuses and merit ...