Melanin Minds provides mental health resources that educate, amplify & create accessible spaces for personal & professional development within BIPOC communities.

We are taking actionable steps toward collective advancement under our 5 pillars:

Holistic Healing • Mindset Shifting • Aligning • Nutrition • Relationships

Our values hold Grace & Gratitude at the center of all we do. Grace for ourselves, for each other, for our allies and even our enemies. Gratitude for our community, partners & supporters keeps us grounded in this work every day.

Melanin Minds aims to be an innovative thought leader in mental health spaces.

We gear our programming to be relevant to the communities around us in order to strengthen the mental health narrative of BIPOCs by challenging societal stigmas.

We initiate honest conversations that challenge comfortable mindsets with our holistic mental health programming and accessible BIPOC-centric resources, including mental health conferences, workshops, and community events.

We prioritize the promotion of intergenerational conversations surrounding holistic mental health and breaking generational curses.

LaGina R. Harris is an entrepreneur, creator, radio host and producer of Larae Infinity Let’s Talk Podcast. Her brand, LaRae Infinity, is built around uplifting & bringing positive energy to marginalized people by being socially responsible. LRI strives to challenge the norm bring supportive growth to communities.

LaGina is an accomplished event planner, fundraiser, and artist. She is founder of The Us Space, an intentional space for women and their teams to thrive in their endeavors through creating, collaborating, and building community.

Melissa Mel is a creative entrepreneur with nearly a decade in the game & an affinity for socially impactful tech solutions. Mel launched The WoMi™ App in fall 2020, the first native directory app featuring over 170 (Wo)men owned & (Mi)nority owned small businesses.

As an agency creative director, freelance UX designer & solo founder, Mel has hosted conferences, led workshops & sat on global panels while supporting initiatives advocating for equitable Black & LGBTQIA+ representation in advertising.

2021 Savage X Fenty Game Changer Duo

“We’re spotlighting three dynamic duos from our Savage X Community who are dedicated to making a positive impact to shaking up the status quo. ‘Cause changin’ the game is always better w/ a homie. Multi-hyphenate founders and creatives in their own right, Melissa and LaGina bonded over the topic of navigating mental health and healing as women of color. Using their individual networks and skills, they came together to bring helpful resources to their community.”

2022 Best Non-Profit

A safe space designed to encourage & promote all forms of Black wellness, Healing Black Women presented Melanin Minds with the 2022 Strength In Healing Award for Best Non-Profit.

2022 HHF Health Equity Grant

Melanin Minds is proud to have joined the Houston Health Foundation’s Health Equity Project as a $50,000 grant recipient! Being self-funded for over 2 years, this is the first of many funding opportunities to help continue bringing Melanin Minds programming to life, and we’re excited to impact Houston’s BIPOC communities.