May Okoye
Puericultrice Professionista
Founder
Who is May Okoye?
May Okoye She is a professional childcare worker with hospital experience, bilingual in English and Italian.
She is the founder and creator of the showcase platform site and the project Italian Childcare Workers, through which she offers her experience by offering personalized consultations to new mothers, support for newborn sleep, home postpartum care, and dedicated programs for families seeking high-level care.
Today she works actively as a professional childcare provider in Milan and throughout Italy, where she offers qualified assistance and advice to newborns and parents during the first months of their child's life.
Her love for this profession runs deep: she has been working with children since she was fourteen and, for over twenty years, has dedicated her professionalism and experience to supporting mothers and their families.
Her passion for early childhood care and constant professional development have led her to create a national network and showcase of highly qualified childcare workers and nannies, with the aim of offering families a reliable, competent, and excellence-oriented point of reference.
Its mission is to support each family with professionalism, empathy, and expertise, ensuring personalized support that promotes the child's well-being and the parents' peace of mind from the first days of life.
Thanks to a wealth of experience in the field, May meets the needs of new mothers, accompanying them through the delicate postpartum period. She firmly believes that continuous support is the key to achieving lasting results: helping the baby develop good habits, promoting a proper sleep-wake routine, and teaching parents the best techniques for sleep, breastfeeding, and weaning.
May Okoye specializes in caring for premature babies and twins. To offer families the best possible support, she continues to update her knowledge through specialized courses and seminars on infant sleep, breastfeeding, healthy eating, newborn massage, and support techniques for mothers.
Over the years, she has worked both in targeted short-term interventions and in following the growth of children from birth to six years of age, through long-term support with a live-in formula, exclusively nighttime care, and personalized consultations.
Her goal coincides with her greatest satisfaction: contributing to the well-being of the entire family, helping parents live their child's first years of life with serenity and accompanying them towards a peaceful and continuous sleep.
Education and television career
May Okoye's professionalism combines a solid international background with a recognized media career in Italy.
Studies and Specialization
- He studied Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
- He subsequently attended the international course Infant & Toddler / Child Care for International Nannies in Charlotte, North Carolina (USA), specializing in the professional care of newborns and early childhood children.
- She furthered her skills in neonatal care and child development by attending specialized courses and seminars at colleges across the United States.
- He achieved the Childcare Diploma, a professional figure recognized by the Ministry of Health, at the Istituto Tecnica Duemila, a school authorized to train childcare workers since 1978. The diploma is recognized and valid in Italy and other European Union countries.
The TV experience with SOS Nanny
The general Italian public knows and appreciates her as “Nanny May”, a role she held as a resident educator in the sixth and seventh seasons of the famous docu-reality SOS Nanny, broadcast on Fox Life and La7. In this context, she stood out for her authoritative, empathetic, and multilingual educational approach.
The cinema
In 2014 she took part, as an actress, in the blockbuster film A boss in the living room, directed by Luca Miniero (director of Welcome to the South e Welcome to the North).
Activities as a media expert
Building on her authority in the early childhood sector, May Okoye regularly appears on Italy's main media channels as a commentator, parenting consultant, and spokesperson for leading brands in the sector (such as Unilever).
Television
In addition to the success of SOS Nanny, has been a guest and expert in numerous broadcasts and in-depth programs on Rai, Mediaset, La7, Fox Italia, TV2000 and other networks.
Radio
She has shared advice and insights on early childhood in numerous radio interviews, including appearances on national stations such as Radio Deejay, Radio InBlu, and others.
Press and magazines
Her guidelines for newborn management and post-natal support have been explored in depth with dedicated interviews in the most important Italian newspapers, daily newspapers and weekly magazines, including Vanity Fair, The Messenger, Who, People, Christian Family, Future, Moreover, Modern Medicine and others.
EVENTI E CONFERENZE
May Okoye ha condiviso la sua esperienza professionale come speaker in conferenze, incontri ed eventi, ricoprendo in alcuni casi anche il ruolo di madrina. Tra le sue partecipazioni:
- Conferenza sull’infanzia e sulla famiglia, organizzata dalla Regione Campania.
- Tour Prénatal, con eventi nei megastore di Lecce e Palermo.
- Evento dell’Agrinido «Lo Spaventapasseri», a Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, trasmesso da Verde Azzurro TV.
- Show di Santa Claus, al Villaggio di Babbo Natale di Napoli, come speaker e madrina.
- Collaborazione con American Express, collaborazione.
- Evento Gioel S.p.A., a Padova in qualità di speaker.
- Evento teatrale a Torino, sul tema «Le dieci regole per educare con amore ed empatia».
- Evento ANSPI a Perugia, sul tema «Come condividere la genitorialità».
A queste partecipazioni si aggiungono tanti altri incontri dedicati al dialogo con le famiglie e alla condivisione della sua esperienza professionale.
PODCAST “MAY IN FAMIGLIA”
Sul suo canale YouTube @mayokoyetv è in arrivo “May in Famiglia”, il podcast dedicato alla cura e all’educazione dei bambini da 0 a 6 anni.
Attraverso interviste, conversazioni e approfondimenti, May affronterà i temi e le sfide quotidiane dell’essere genitori, dando spazio anche al contributo di esperti, colleghe e professioniste del settore materno-infantile.
L’obiettivo è creare uno spazio di ascolto accogliente e senza giudizio, offrendo informazioni chiare e spunti pratici con un linguaggio semplice, per aiutare le famiglie a orientarsi con maggiore consapevolezza e serenità.
Italian Childcare Workers
Today, through the portal Italian Childcare Workers, May Okoye puts all her experience at the disposal of families, promoting and coordinating a community of qualified childcare workers and nannies with qualifications recognized in Italy and Europe.
The project combines its personalized private consultations to one free professional showcase where families can find and directly contact home care professionals.
Puericultrici Italiane's mission is to offer parents a reliable, safe, and transparent point of reference, with the certainty of finding qualified professionals capable of supporting parents and children with skill, sensitivity, and passion through every stage of development.
