ADVOCATE · AUTHOR · ADVISOR

The fertility industry keeps building without the people it's building for.

I work with researchers, health organizations, and institutions to ensure patient experience shapes care from the start.

cheryl dowling

I've been on the other side of the exam table.

Infertility changed everything about how I understood healthcare. Not just the medicine, but the gaps between what patients live through and what systems are designed to support. The silence around loss. The absence of mental health care built into reproductive treatment. The way decisions were being made for patients without patients in the room.

With a background in counseling and a decade of platform leadership through The IVF Warrior, I bring something most advisory tables are missing: lived experience paired with strategic credibility. I've built an award-winning global platform and authored a bestselling book, all from the conviction that better systems start with listening to the right people.

I now work at the intersection of patient advocacy, research collaboration, and strategic advisory, helping organizations move from good intentions to meaningful impact.

ABOUT

Research Collaborator Strategic Advisor Counseling Background Published Author Speaker Founder

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THE WORK

One mission.

Every piece of what I've built serves the same purpose: closing the gap between what patients experience and what the systems around them provide.

The IVF Warrior

Community + Advocacy

The largest fertility support community of its kind. Real stories, education, and a space where people navigating infertility feel seen.

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UNSPOKEN

Book

An Amazon bestseller and the book I wish I had during my darkest moments. Unspoken is a voice for those who have carried this struggle in silence.

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Amazon Bestseller

UNSPOKEN

"For so long, I thought I was the only one feeling this way."

Unspoken is the book I needed when I didn't know how to explain the weight I was carrying. It names the invisible grief, the identity shift, the quiet ways infertility breaks you, and it meets you there without pretending any of it is easy.

For anyone who has felt alone in this, Unspoken is proof that your feelings, your story, and your voice have always mattered.

LET’S WORK TOGETHER

Better care starts with the right people in the room.

I work with organizations ready to improve the reproductive and mental health patient experience. If that's you, I'd like to hear about it.