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Ariel Childs

Ariel Childs is Executive Director of Vital CxNS, a community health systems change organization working to improve equity and access to health across Boston.

In our work together, we witnessed Ariel partner with a wide range of people in conversations about maternal health. We learned from how she communicated health data and medical information in accessible, human ways and how she listened to hear about the maternal health wisdom and expertise of participants from teenage boys to mothers.

Ariel showed us how to hold facts to the light and view them from many perspectives.

^{The project: We worked with Ariel on a pilot to improve awareness of and access to diverse birth options and maternal health services.}