Tameka Jackson-Dyer BASc, IBCLC, CHW, CLE/S/C

Tameka Jackson-Dyer is an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant and Community Health Worker whose passion is community outreach. She holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Health Studies from Siena Heights University, multiple lactation certifications and has been honing her counseling and clinical skills in WIC agencies, OB/Gyn offices, Baby Friendly hospitals and homes throughout the metro Detroit area for over 15 years. Her work as Manager of Community Collaboration with Coffective and previous position as Breastfeeding Subject Matter Expert with the EMU Center for Health Disparities, Innovations & Studies (CHDIS), along with several publications in peer-reviewed journals and national & international speaking engagements, allows her to provide a voice for the populations who are historically underrepresented in conversations about breastfeeding support.

To ensure she reaches as many families in her community as she can, the wife and mother of three owns a private practice, Crazymilklady Lactation Support Services, LLC, serves as Chair of the Metro Detroit/ Wayne County Breastfeeding Coalition, is a co-founder of Southeast Michigan IBCLC’s of Color (SEMI) and volunteers as a Sisterfriend mentor with the Detroit Birthing Project.