Fellowship Alumni Spotlight: India Renae Hunter

India Renae Hunter is a doula and maternal and child health public health professional. She attended the University of Pittsburgh, where she completed dual master's degrees in public health and social work. Hunter is originally from Dayton, Ohio and received a Bachelor of Science in exercise science at the University of Pittsburgh in 2016. During her gap year, she served with Pittsburgh Public Allies, where she worked for New Voices for Reproductive Justice. While completing her master's degrees, she was involved in community organizing around youth empowerment, community education, incarceration, public health policy, and maternal and child health.

Professionally, Hunter has worked as the public health project manager at Healthy Start, Inc. in Pittsburgh and currently serves as a public health analyst for the Human Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) in the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. She is also a trained doula and founder of Changemaker Services, where she consults and focuses on birthwork from before conception to postpartum. Her professional interests include youth empowerment, maternal and child health, health equity, COVID-19, and preventative medicine through exercise.