Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don't see it, but because they see it and they don't want it to exist.
Bell Hooks
Meet Dr. FeLisa
FOUNDER | CEO
For 26 years, Dr. FeLisa Albert (Dr. FeLisa) has successfully integrated her passion for health and education into a professional career that has spanned the fields of healthcare, public health, and education as an equity consultant, health and wellness practitioner, educator, and mentor. Dr. FeLisa is an expert in women's wellness and holistic and conscious living.
Using a public health lens, Dr. FeLisa considers where people live, learn, work, and play in order to understand the four levels in which racial inequities operate: personal, interpersonal, institutional, and structural coupled with how those factors impact one’s quality of life. She believes that her academic scholarship and being a leader in racial equity does not exclude her from how race impacts her life.
Dr. FeLisa is passionate and committed to equity, wellness, and healing for Black and Brown communities, and how those factors contribute to health and the success (or not) of their educational journeys, career paths and outcomes, and overall wellbeing. Because she fully embodies that she is her ancestors’ dream, she is empowered to lead and speak critically, unapologetically, and honestly through the perspective of a Black woman, while always being intentional and unwavering when it comes to matters of equity, leadership, wellness, and social impact.
INSPIRE | EMPOWER | BUILD
Dr. FeLisa’s approach is simple: examine the root causes, scrutinize the lies, lead with the truth, and solicit learning of both the hearts and minds in order for individuals to be change agents that move towards purpose, restorative practices, wellness, and holistic transformation.
Unquestionably, Dr. FeLisa believes her approach: INSPIRE, EMPOWER, and BUILD is required and she has taken on the responsibility to partner with like-minded people and continue to grow more safe spaces that support and empower holistic transformation, especially for Black communities, through her company: WellEquity Partners.
EDUCATION
Dr. FeLisa holds an Associate Degree in Nursing (RN), a Bachelor of Science in Human Services, a Master of Arts in Women’s Health with a concentration in Black women and girls, and a Doctorate in Public Health (DrPH) with a concentration in Advocacy and Leadership in racial equity, health disparities, and Black health and wellness. Her published dissertation is entitled: “Perceptions and Experiences of Racial Disparities Affecting Massachusetts Black Residents and the Utilization of Health Care Services”. Dr. FeLisa has certificates as a Doula and in holistic health, wellness coaching, functional nutrition, and herbal medicine to name a few.