Leesha Ellis-Cox, MD, MPH

Dr. Leesha is a double board-certified psychiatrist, wife, mother of three, author, and maternal wellness strategist. She lives and works in Alabama, providing psychiatric services to children and adults in and around Birmingham. In addition to her work as a psychiatrist, she is a leading mental health authority, dynamic public speaker, parenting expert, and one of Happy Family Organics’s Happy Baby Experts. She blogs about motherhood, mental health, and faith at www.drleesha.com. She uses her platform to destigmatize mental illness. She also champions maternal mental health, teaching women to let go of unhealthy and unrealistic societal expectations of motherhood and reclaim their identity that exists beyond the role of "mom."