KKatia Powell-Laurent
VISIT MY WEBSITE: https://linktr.ee/HuedMamas . ABOUT ME: Katia Powell-Laurent is the Founder and CEO of HUED Mamas Co., where she builds reproductive intelligence infrastructure for modern fertility and maternal care.. At HUED Mamas, she develops structured, explainable AI systems that organize reproductive health data into readiness-based insights for patients and care teams. The platform centers deterministic scoring frameworks and culturally intelligent design to address long-standing inequities in fertility and maternal health for historically underserved communities. . Her work bridges direct-to-consumer experiences with provider-ready insight, positioning HUED Mamas at the intersection of AI, reproductive justice, and health system innovation. With more than 25 years of experience across nutrition science, maternal health, and public health policy, Katia has led initiatives spanning metabolic health, birth equity, and legislative strategy. She played a strategic role in advancing Massachusetts’ landmark maternal health legislation, unanimously passed by both chambers.. Earlier in her career, she led large-scale metabolic health programs that supported clients in collectively losing over 100,000 pounds, informed by her own 200-pound health journey.. She serves as a faculty advisor at MIT, mentoring researchers working at the intersection of AI, reproductive policy, and health equity. Her work has been featured in Essence, People Magazine, Boston Business Journal, NECN, and WBUR.
