Edwina Oam is the founder and CEO of Birth Beat, a digital health tech platform that provides comprehensive online childbirth education to expecting parents. With a passion for health advocacy, Oam has dedicated her career to improving access to quality, evidence-based childbirth education for all parents, regardless of their pathway to parenthood. She has been recognized for her innovative work, receiving awards such as the Commonwealth Bank 21 day Challenge Innovation Award and being nominated for the Hesta Nurse/Midwife of the Year. Oam has a background in midwifery management and disaster and emergency management for NSW Health. She is also a current Nurse/Midwife with the Australian Medical Assistance Team and an internationally accredited Major Incident Medical Management Systems Trainer.