Let me tell you about Constance Brown-Riggs. There’s a dietitian who spent decades making one thing clear: you do not have to give up soul food to be healthy. Her name is Constance Brown-Riggs, and she’s built a career — and a shelf of books — teaching people with diabetes how to eat well without…
Let me tell you about Cordialis Msora-Kasago. There’s a dietitian from Zimbabwe who came to America with a conviction most nutrition advice ignores: the foods of your culture are not the problem — they’re part of the cure. Her name is Cordialis Msora-Kasago, and she built a practice around eating well the African way. The…
Let me tell you about Koya Webb. There’s a former track athlete whose Olympic dream ended with an injury — and who found yoga while putting herself back together, then turned that recovery into a global wellness school and a 2026 book deal with a major publisher. Her name is Koya Webb, and she’s the…
Let me tell you about Marna Armstead. There’s a Bay Area birth-justice leader who looked at community doula work and saw a problem nobody was naming: the doulas who served Black families the best were the ones getting paid the least — often nothing at all. So she helped build a network that pays them…
Let me tell you about Kiddada Green. There’s a former Detroit schoolteacher who noticed that the mothers around her weren’t getting the breastfeeding support they deserved — so she built an organization to fix it, and then co-created a national movement around it. Her name is Kiddada Green, and she’s the founding executive director of…
Let me tell you about Kimberly Seals Allers. There’s a journalist who had a birth experience so disrespectful it changed the course of her career — and instead of just writing about it, she built a tool that lets every Black and brown parent rate their care before the next family walks in blind. Her…
Let me tell you about Tyneka Pack. There’s a trainer from Maryland who built a fitness brand not around six-pack abs, but around something bigger — helping high-achieving women stop running on empty. Her name is Tyneka Pack, and she turned her own burnout into a mission. The Work Tyneka is the Founder and CEO…
Let me tell you about Dr. Kimarie Bugg. There’s a nurse who was told, in effect, that this work wasn’t for her — and then went out and became one of the first African American lactation consultants in the country, and helped build a national organization so that no Black mother would have to breastfeed…
Let me tell you about Vanessa Garrison and T. Morgan Dixon. Two organizers looked at the health crisis facing Black women and asked: what if the prescription was as simple as a walk — and as powerful as a movement? That question became GirlTrek, the largest health movement for Black women and girls in America….
Let me tell you about T’Nisha Symone. There’s a trainer from New York who noticed that the fitness apps everyone was using weren’t built with Black bodies, Black trainers, or Black communities in mind — so she built one that was. Her name is T’Nisha Symone, and she’s the founder of BLAQUE. The Work T’Nisha…