Quantrilla Ard

Quantrilla Ard, PhD, is a recent transplant to the Atlanta area along with her husband and three littles. A passionate creative at heart, she has answered the call to encourage women in all stages of life and of various backgrounds through empathy, transparency, and love. Quantrilla is a faith-based personal and spiritual development writer, dynamic speaker, and people-connector who believes in the power of collective strength, community, and fellowship. She recently graduated from Walden University with a PhD in Health Psychology and is an advocate for social justice with a focus on Black maternal and infant health and mortality. She currently shepherds stories as a literary agent for Embolden Media Group. In this episode Quantrilla shares her story of her first pregnancy that nearly resulted in tragedy, but instead propelled her journey forward to be an advocate for Black women’s maternal health. She talks about her view on the recent Roe v Wade decision as a Black woman, Christian, and advocate for women’s health. You can find her sharing stories of triumph at www.thephdmamma.com.