Your ZIP code should not determine the quality of your health.
Health equity is at the center of KaylaVera’s work. Her public health background and personal experiences with the healthcare system have shaped her commitment to addressing disparities that affect Black, minority, low-income, and underserved families.
Tennessee continues to experience racial disparities in maternal and infant health. The Tennessee Department of Health reports persistent disparities in infant mortality and has identified improving maternal and infant health, healthcare access, and care coordination as statewide priorities.
The focus includes maternal health, preventive care, chronic disease prevention, access to quality providers, and stronger accountability for health disparities.
The goal: healthier families and healthier communities.
Strong communities begin with families that have the resources and opportunities to thrive.
Community safety is about more than responding after something goes wrong. It also means investing in young people, supporting families, strengthening neighborhoods, addressing violence, and creating pathways toward opportunity.
KaylaVera’s commitment to this work began early through Before I Die of Love, her youth dating-violence advocacy initiative.
The focus is on prevention, youth engagement, community resources, neighborhood safety, and giving families the support they need to build stable futures.
Safe neighborhoods. Supported families. Stronger communities.
The future of Memphis is already sitting in our classrooms.
Young people deserve access to quality education and clear pathways into college, careers, skilled trades, entrepreneurship, and public service.
KaylaVera believes education should prepare students not simply to graduate, but to build meaningful lives and contribute to their communities.
That means supporting educational opportunity, mentorship, career preparation, civic engagement, and programs that expose young people to possibilities beyond what they may see around them.
When we invest in young people, we invest in the future of Memphis.
Progress should reach every neighborhood.
A stronger Memphis requires communities where families can find opportunity, small businesses can grow, neighborhoods receive meaningful investment, and residents can build long-term stability.
Economic development should not leave historically underserved communities behind.
The focus is on supporting local and small businesses, workforce development, neighborhood investment, economic mobility, and connecting residents with opportunities that allow families to build and keep wealth.
Memphis should grow together.