Breastfeeding Innovation Fellows
Thanks to the generosity of our funders and sponsors we are able to run the Breastfeeding Innovation Fellowship program which brings a national group of talented, brilliant people to our event. Breastfeeding Innovators have experience in lactation support, design, community leadership, advocacy, film & photography and more. Some are accomplished national experts and some are young people with tremendous potential.

Elizabeth Bayne
Filmmaker and Public Health Advocate

Mallery Chino
Storyteller and
Consumer Loans Specialist

Nikki Hunter Greenway
Co-Founder, The New Orleans
Breastfeeding Center
Bruce Lamont Lewis (Jr)
Student
Schoolcraft College

Chelsea Joy Wardle
Computer Science Student,
The University of Cape Town (UCT)

Robena Hill
Mommy Ambassador,
Black Mothers' Breastfeeding Association

Skylar Tate
Public Health Sciences Student,
Xavier University of Louisiana

Oluwaseyi (“Seyi”) Adeyinka
Medical student, Researcher, and Doula
New York University

Sarah Reyes
PhD Candidate, the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University

Quarnisha Brown
CNA, Diversicare Healthcare Services

Ky Dickens
Filmmaker,
Zero Weeks (2017)
Karen Derrico
Mother of 11 children,
The University of Motherhood

Vanessa Simmons
Photographer,
Founder of Normalize Breastfeeding

Wanjiru Mburu
ICT4D researcher,
The University of Cape Town (UCT)

Dr. Tyra Gross
Assistant Professor, Public Health Sciences Xavier University of Louisiana

Ayanna Smith
Public Health Sciences Student,
Xavier University of Louisiana

Aza Nedhari
Midwife, Co-founder and Director,
Mamatoto Village

Melissa Hanna
Co-founder and CEO of Mahmee

Willow Brugh
Project Manager, Truss

Latona Giwa
Co-Founder,
The New Orleans Breastfeeding Center

Nekisha Killings
Lactation Consultant,
Equity & Inclusion Strategist

Victoria Washington
Mommy Ambassador,
Black Mothers' Breastfeeding Association

Destiney Mohammed
Program Associate,
Black Mothers' Breastfeeding Association

Stacy Davis
Lactation Consultant
Mama Bear Project

Lizbeth Barrios
Visual Strategist,
Space Industry

Shameka Poetry Thomas
Medical Sociology PhD student, Department of Sociology at the University of Miami