it was an issue she took up following the death of her team—mate, tori bowie, who died from postpartumas well as her own experience of a premature birth of a baby daughter in 2018. felix took her cause to the us congress, where she highlighted the rate of maternal mortality amongst black women. to introduce a nursery to the olympic village at the 2024 paris 0lympics for the first time. i think it really tells women that you can choose motherhood and also be at the top of your game. it is a part of a series of efforts felix hopes to make on improving maternal health care in the industry and at home. this year, she was also awarded a $20 million grant from the gates foundation to improve maternal health outcomes for black mothers in the us. it was an issue she took up following the death of her team—mate, tori bowie, who died from postpartum complications, as well as her own experience of a premature birth of a baby daughter in 2018. felix took her cause to the us congress, where she highlighted the rate of maternal mortality amongst black women. there's still an implicit bias in our hea

it was an issue she took up following the death of her team—mate, tori bowie, who died from postpartum, as well as her own experience of a premature birth of a baby daughter in 2018. felix took her cause to the us congress, where she highlighted the rate of maternal mortality amongst black women. the next month was spent in the nicu, and i learned that my story was not so uncommon. there were others like me, just like me, black like me, healthy like me, doing their best, just like me. and they faced death like me too. i have decided to further lend my voice to organisations who have taken up this work, and i hope that i can not only share my story, but be intimately involved in this work and fight to make a difference. i wanted to talk about your pregnancy, which you alluded to was a very difficult time. it was life threatening. you've been so vocal about it and you shared your story. you went to the us congress to raise awareness about maternal mortality. and what you said there, and i quote, you said, "a level of racial bias exists within our health care system. "that is troubling an