10/03/2026
She built the school because too many African American women are ignored, dismissed, and put at risk in the healthcare system. Trained in the UK, Joseph has spent over 40 years fighting for safer births, especially for African American women, and through Commonsense Childbirth and her care model, The JJ Way, she's improving outcomes by centering dignity, trust, and access. In a country where African American women are three times more likely to die in childbirth, she's changing who delivers care and who survives.