Meet Alexis Dailey | Public Health Sociologist, Doula, & Herbalist

We had the good fortune of connecting with Alexis Dailey and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Alexis, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
As a small child, I spent summers at my grandmother’s house in Chattanooga, TN. I would listen to her stories about traveling as an assistant with her grandmother across East Tennessee who was a well-known certified midwife. As a sickly child myself, I found my grandmother using the same knowledge of natural healing technologies to help me through some of my hardest bouts of illnesses. While battling my own long-term chronic health issues in 2013, I turned to natural medicine as a means to survive. I learned how to find what I needed through the elders and herbalists in my community in Memphis, TN. Over time, I shared her recipes with loved ones who also have been in search of a remedy for their health concerns. From knee replacements to PCOS, I researched the ways our ancestors relieved themselves and healed their own communities before and since colonization. For about 10 years, people came to me as a person in their village who could help them when doctors failed them. Word spread amongst my collating, and beyond, but there was nowhere for people to verify my existence, nor see my work. After many people pushed me to make it official, I launched my business in 2022 at the Stanford Black Liberation Pop-up shop. I sold out of every product, and I left that event with a dozen pending orders.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?

I am a Public Health Sociologist, Educator, Advocate, and Birth Worker. I have served in the world of Reproductive Justice since I was 17, as a public advocate for Infant Mortality Awareness. I followed in my great-great grandmother’s footsteps and found myself as a caretaker for all the young mothers and parents in my communities who simply needed someone to offer a little tenderness to them. I am now a Certified Doula, & I plan to become a Certified Midwife in the future.

This road has been paved with magnolias and rubbIe. I am most proud of my resiliency and my ability to feel deeply in a world that asks us to wear a mask of indifference. Over time, I have learned just how infectious my energy is, and I have wielded it to be a benefit to my community. Through my own storms of trauma, moving from the Mid-South to the Bay Area, changing careers, and the like, the one consistency is my ability to bring laughter and warmth to a room. No matter where I am, I will find my people, and I will find the one person who needed an open hearted exchange to refuel their spirit. I choose to offer an experience you can’t download or measure in likes or views.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
I would take them to

-The Brown Estate Vineyards to experience a Black-owned wine tasting
-Marcus Bookstores to experience one of the oldest Black-Owned Book stores in the U.S.
– Tacos El Patron for the most delicious authentic Mexican food
-Scoma’s Sausalito for a Beautiful waterfront Dinner with a view of the Golden Gate Bridge
-an Exhibit at the SF African American Historical Cultural Society for an exhibit from local artists

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I would like to thank my ancestors, without whom I would have never discovered my legacy and birthright to heal my community. I would like to thank my village of loyal family and friends, who have supported me ,whether it be through sharing my products, patronizing my shop, or praying for my success; I have never felt alone in this journey. I would also like to thank my partner DJ, who has been a terrace to my vines, and always offers grace and love in my times of need.

Website: www.DaileyDose.com

Instagram: DaileyDoseShop

Facebook: Dailey Dose

Other: Contact: daileydoseshop@gmail.com