Nikkia (Keyz) Patterson is a Chicago native currently living in Stockton, Ca. She first found her passion for

maternal and infant health while studying Public Health at The Ohio State University. After moving to

California, Keyz wanted to expand her knowledge from prevention and education to intervention.

Currently, she is a nursing major with a minor in women’s health studies at San Francisco State

University with hopes of entering a midwifery program for graduate school.
 

In 2020, Keyz started her own women’s health business that focuses on creating health equity for Black

women regardless of gender assignment, expression, or identity. The Indi Women’s Club LLC examines

different dimensions of wellness to help clients gain access to tools and resources that will help them

sustain wellness over their lifetime. Moreover, as a certified doula and cannabis consultant, Keyz aims to

educate, normalize, and advocate for the use of therapeutic cannabis in women’s health, particularly in

aspects of fertility and birth. Her goal is to heal communities of color that have been ravaged by the war

on drugs by reducing barriers to accessing cannabis and improve birth outcomes for Black women by

restoring the cultural connection between cannabis and women’s health for women of the African

diaspora.

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Keys completed The Cannabis Doula Practitioner Training and Mentorship certification program December 202, spring 2021 cohort.