Latham Thomas
Founder, Mama Glow; Visiting Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies, Brown University
Latham Thomas is the founder of Mama Glow, a global maternal health and education platform serving birthing people along the childbearing continuum. Latham was appointed Visiting Professor of the Practice of Gender Studies for the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women at Brown University, where the Mama Glow Doula Training program is embedded as a course at Brown. Mama Glow supports families during the fertility period, pregnancy, birth and postpartum offering hand-holding through their bespoke doula services. And they work with health care systems and insurance companies to improve maternal health outcomes. The Mama Glow Doula Homeschool Professional Training program provides education and empowers birth workers around the world through work force development. Mama Glow launched the inaugural Doula Expo in 2021, known as ‘Coachella for Birth workers”, it’s a first-of-it’s-kind, festival for birth workers and caregivers, centering education, networking, business development and economic empowerment. Latham is a co-founder of the Mama Glow Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit committed to advancing reproductive justice and birth equity through education, advocacy and the arts. A graduate of Columbia University, she serves on the Kate Spade New York Social Impact Council, where she helps to increase access to mental health support for women and girls. Named one of Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul 100, Latham has served as a doula for clients including: Alicia Keys, Anne Hathaway, Ashley Graham, DJ Khaled, Rebecca Minkoff, Tamera Mowry, and more.
