At Exhale Cares, our mission is to empower Black women by prioritizing their mental, emotional, and social well-being. We do this by creating anti-racist spaces, offering culturally relevant resources, and advocating for systemic change. Through education, advocacy, and research, we aim to dismantle the barriers that hinder Black women from thriving and to create opportunities for them to lead resilient, joyful lives.
Our Mission
We envision a world where Black women are fully seen, valued, and supported. In this world, their voices are amplified, their experiences are respected, and their well-being is prioritized. By fostering multi-generational change, we strive to reimagine a society where Black women not only heal but also lead their families and communities toward greater equity, understanding, and connection.
Our Vision
Exhale Cares is deeply committed to creating meaningful impact through education, research, and advocacy. We stand with Black women in their journey toward healing and empowerment, offering workshops, coaching, and resources designed with their unique needs in mind. Our promise is to listen, learn, and lead with empathy, ensuring that Black women everywhere have the tools and support they need to thrive.
Our Commitment
We are a 501c3 nonprofit building a social movement committed to prioritizing Black women's mental and emotional health, resulting in Black women and communities thriving. Through education, research, and advocacy, Exhale Cares is creating structural change that will disrupt how our society approaches mental and emotional health for Black women. Exhale Cares centers Black women as influential change-makers in their families and communities. We firmly believe in the healing power of Black women. When they are fully seen, they can fully heal; as they heal, they heal others. Exhale Cares invests in Black women by providing opportunities to engage in programming and solutions that address their specific needs.
Who We Are
"Exhale App launched in 2020 in response to the stress, anxiety, and trauma my community was facing. COVID was impacting the Black Community disproportionately. The killings of Ahmaud, Breonna, George, and others brought a level of stress, anxiety, and trauma that was overwhelming. Seeing these deaths play out in the news and social media was traumatic.
I was searching for well-being resources and apps to aid in reducing the stress, anxiety, and trauma I was experiencing as a Black woman, yet there were none. I was frustrated that mainstream well-being apps were not acknowledging the Black Community and our experiences.
Due to the lack of culturally responsive care, I created what I was looking for.
Since the Exhale App's launch in 2020, we have reached 30,000+ Black Women and Women of Color in 100 countries. As a result, I founded Exhale Cares, a nonprofit, to implement my vision of educating, researching, and advocating for Black women's mental and emotional health. Exhale Cares is a social movement committed to prioritizing Black women and their overall well-being.
As a certified coach, I have spent several years coaching Black women. Coaching has informed and fueled my vision. My career has been committed to those often forgotten and on the furthest margins in our society. In addition, I co-founded and led a nonprofit for 18 years that built a school in Zambia, Africa, for children without access to education, created a community center for at-risk children in my local neighborhood, and gave thousands of backpacks and school supplies to students in need.
My mother and grandmother taught me the importance of community care. It was a gift for me to grow up in a small Black community in Indiana, which nurtured and raised me. Being raised by two strong Black women, I learned early on that our world isn't set up for us to thrive, and we deserve to thrive! This is Exhale's work.
Launching Exhale feels full circle for me; it feels like coming home."