CAPPA Certified Lactation Educators™ fill an important role in educating, counseling, and supporting families and the community by providing evidence based information about lactation and breastfeeding. These lactation professionals can be found teaching breastfeeding classes and facilitating support groups in hospitals and private settings, as WIC peer counselors or Le Leche League Leaders, working as breast pump rental technicians and in breastfeeding support stores, Many of our CAPPA CLE®s also use this certification to completement their current birth work or as a stepping stone to become an IBCLE.