What is Melinated Moms?

Melinated Moms is a MOM Profit™ – a community-centered women empowerment social enterprise supporting moms and women to become better versions of themselves through advocacy, education, awareness and entrepreneurship. We provide support for our community by creating opportunities for moms and women across the Melinated Spectrum to connect, engage and empower each other with the right support behind them.

As a mom or woman, the glass ceilings that limit the growth, ambition and capabilities often force many moms and women to choose one restricted path: motherhood or career, entrepreneur or employee, independence or marriage.

With Melinated Moms, we provide the options to show the journey through motherhood, sisterhood and womanhood are harmonious stages of life that are inclusive, diverse and ever-changing – just like any other part of life. Having the right support can change the narrative from impossible to endless possibilities.

Our Brand Principles

Melinated Moms exists to create a space for women who feel unseen and unheard. Our purpose is to dismantle the barriers associated with motherhood, womanhood and sisterhood by creating community engagement opportunities through social impact events that cultivate a positive, empowering and motivating environment for our members. 

Through our authenticity, genuine collective building and people-centered initiatives, we work to eliminate the social isolation many moms experience, break generational curses, as well as highlight and embrace traditional cultural practices of our members. We know there are so many things that separate us, but we choose to embrace our differences and unite through our similarities along the intersections of motherhood, sisterhood and womanhood.

Health & Wellness

By creating an integrated healthcare space we are combining holistic health practices with clinical recommendations that align with the 6 Dimensions of Health and Well being. 

    1. Physical Health
    2. Mental/Emotional Health
    3. Social Health
    4. Occupational Health
    5. Environmental Health
    6. Spiritual Health
Mommy & Me Bonding

Opening up opportunities to have fun with their children, no matter the age, creates positive memories and improves the connection between moms/parents and their children.

Family Fitness

Children love to emulate what they see us do, so family fitness is an integrated way to incorporate movement, family bonding and fun ways to stay healthy.

Food & Nutrition

Food is a love language! We host virtual and hybrid events to learn how to connect, engage and expand our love for food while including the various cultures of our families across the Melinated Spectrum.

Women Empowerment

All of our work is focused on eliminating the barriers of gender identity and expression in the member’s personal and professional goals.

Leadership

Jaye Wilson

Founding President/CEO, Melinated Moms

Through compassionate advocacy, nurturing mentorship, and resilient mothering, Jatesha “Jaye” Wilson is reshaping the world of maternal health for women of color. She is a nurse, CEO, founder, social impact speaker, maternal health advocate, self-sufficiency coach, and mother to two brilliant young girls. Drawing from her own experiences with adversity, motherhood and overcoming, Jaye’s work and resiliency has inspired the lives of women across the globe and is changing how we think of parenting. In her professional career, Jaye has worked in community health and outreach as a nursing operational manager while simultaneously lobbying in Washington DC, New York and New Jersey as a community advocate for the LGBT+ community. Through these positions, she has gained a more nuanced understanding of the importance of advocacy, and how public engagement can create better physical, emotional and mental health outcomes for communities. Inspired by her own transitions from marriage to divorce, Jaye created a community of support that changed the narrative of motherhood, sisterhood and womanhood. Melinated Moms was born out of Jaye’s desire for a space to be seen, heard, and valued after her divorce. That desire continues to serve as the organization’s foundation.

Alexcia Harrod

Vice-President, Co-Founder, Melinated Moms Western New York

Alexcia Harrod was born in Rochester, NY and raised in Buffalo, NY. She graduated from Hutchinson Central Technical High School and obtained her B.A. in Social Gerontology from University at Buffalo. Alexcia was the Director of Social Services for over  10 years, serving the geriatric population of Western New York. Alexcia is the wife of Paul, “The Man ” in 2013. They welcomed Paul, Jr. “The Kid”  in 2014, Aminah “Tiny Human” in 2017 and recently Judah “Baby” 2020. Alexcia’s passion as a wife and a mom is apparent and after having two miscarriages in between her first two children she knows first hand how having a supportive community around her gives her strength and perseverance to conquer the world. 

Joining Jaye as Co-Founder of the Melinated Moms in 2018, Alexcia wears the hat of Chapter Leader for Western New York. Alexcia is also an entrepreneur and the Founder and creator of Luxuries by Lexi: a natural skin care body butter line crafted out of the love for living luxuriously by ditching the itch of eczema. Alexcia knows first hand that being a mom in itself is a superpower; but being a Momprenuer and building an empire has to incorporate your kids in your business model. To top that, she is currently pursuing her Masters in Public Administration. Alexcia describes being able to be a part of Melinated Moms as one of her “proudest moments”. 

“When you are able to bring other moms & women together there is no stopping them.” —Alexcia Harrod