Priya Iyer is a lifelong advocate for the healing, health, and wellness of overlooked and historically undervalued pregnant and postpartum people. She’s also the proud mama of 2. Our Roots is a virtual peer education and support platform for mental wellness created with BIPOC women and birthing communities impacted by poverty.
After working as an epidemiologist in maternal and child health across four continents in under-resourced settings, Priya saw the resilience and assets mamas bring to overcoming challenges from the U.S. to India. As a mother, and as the daughter of immigrants, her life’s work has become to elevate these cultural practices to radically improve the health of birthing people, their children and the generations to come.
She’s used the lessons she’s learned to advise Promise Venture Studio’s network and aspiring social entrepreneurs at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business in human-centered design, fundraising for early-stage social enterprises, product management, product analytics, systems thinking, and building founding teams and advisory boards.
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