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Lisa A. Smith is a serial entrepreneur, health and wellness subject matter expert, practitioner and speaker. From living rooms to exhibition halls, Lisa is known for her provocative delivery and depth of knowledge. With her first company, Professionally Fit, she has coached dozens of people to a whole foods plant based diet helping them to reverse everything from obesity to autoimmune diseases. Lisa has been interviewed on multiple radio and podcast segments including Dr. Boyce Watkins podcast, Intellectual Chocolate. She is the head of the Detroit chapter of PBNSG (plant based nutrition support group) and sits on the board of HealTHY Self, a non-profit based out of Detroit, MI. Her mission with The Black Health Academy is to ensure our community has access to a health and wellness platform built on integrity, reliability and most of all has our best interest in mind.

With African Americans making up only 5% of physicians in the U.S. it’s no wonder that

• The infant mortality rate in the black population is twice that of whites.
• Black men are seven times more likely than white men to receive a diagnosis of H.I.V. and more than twice as likely to die of prostate cancer.
• Black women have nearly double the obesity rate of white women and are 40 percent more likely to die from breast cancer. 
• Black people experience much higher rates of hypertension, diabetes and stroke.

What we know for certain is that in general, Black people are more likely to feel more comfortable with Black doctors and vice versa. BOTTOM LINE: we need more of US taking care of US