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.

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

Thank you to our sponsors for making the
Breastfeeding Innovation Fellows program possible!

Read about the WHO Code and our project here.