I am Fatima A. Majid standing at the intersection of healthcare, engineering, and women’s empowerment, designing systems where she leads, she supports and she innovates.

I am a graduate of Tuskegee University, where I earned my Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the historically black institution where the U.S. government ran one of the most notorious betrayals of black trust in American medicine, and that legacy shapes how black families approach the healthcare system to this day. Tuskegee also taught me what it looks like when black excellence builds its own institutions rather than waiting for permission. That is the standard I am working toward, making sure the people redesigning healthcare actually include the people it is suppose to serve.

While pursuing my Master’s in Biomedical engineering (to be completed), my innovation expertise was shaped as a National Science Foundation I-Corps Bio-Entrepreneurship Fellow, where I conducted customer-discovery interviews across pharmaceutical and biotech sectors, applying evidence-based methodologies. I have been mentored by biotech and medtech executives through the International Center for Professional Development’s Scientist Mentor & Diversity Scholar program and by Medtech Women. For my work refurbishing medical equipment for communities in need, World Medical Relief listed me as an “Angel of Mercy” for her commitment to global health equity.

I brings 20+ years of experience across manufacturing, education, healthcare, medtech and government. I worked for companies like General Motors, Parker Hannifin and LIFT (American Lightweight Materials & Manufacturing Institute). As a mechanical engineer, certified community-based doula, and founder, my work sits at the intersection of maternal health equity, medtech, and systems transformation.

My path into this work also runs through the education field as I began as a middle school science teacher, then became and industrial robotics instructor, training adults on Fanuc, Comau and Pegasus systems and eventually served as Director of Education & Workforce Development while traveling nationally and internationally speaking to youth about STEM. Across all of it, the lessons was the same: people rise to the level of what they’re given access to.

I have provided national and international leadership through LIFT for DoD-funded Operation Next program, preparing military personnel and civilians for in-demand jobs in advanced manufacturing. My work earned recognition form the Government’s National Program Office, Manufacturing USA, and the SME Modern Makers Award, celebrating distinguished leaders in STEM and advanced manufacturing. I have been cover-featured in magazine publications such as SMART Manufacturing, while certified in Industrial Robotic Operations & Systems and Black Enterprise Magazine, while certified as a Fluid Power Systems Specialist in Hydraulics.

Recognizing that real change requires both innovation and human-centered care, I founded Threshold Praxis, LLC, a coordinated portfolio of practices built on a single philosophy: at the moments of transition that matter most, the people we are designing for must be at the center of the design. Threshold Doula Services provides advocacy-grounded birth support, giving me first-hand experience and direct insight into patient and family needs. Threshold Advisory Group brings that insight into healthcare systems transformation. Threshold Girls in STEM-HealthLab Pathway Program develops future female leaders who will redesign healthcare from the inside, using engineering, data, and advocacy. I extend my mission through speaking engagements and mentoring, having inspired hundreds of students pursuing STEM. Together, these practices translate to serving families, organizations, future leaders and communities whether at the boardroom, bedside or BioLab.

As a mother of a young woman who inspires me to imagine a better future, the heart of my work is centering women’s agency and voice in the systems and technology that serve their bodies and health.