Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble

Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble (aka Dr. Alfiee) is a pioneering psychologist, scientist, author, mental health correspondent, and the founder of the million-dollar nonprofit, The AAKOMA Project. A thought leader in her field, Dr. Alfiee focuses on mental health and suicide prevention for intersectional Youth and Young Adults of Color (including LGBTQAI+ youth and those with disabilities). In 1999, Dr. Alfiee envisioned and built The AAKOMA Project as an academic medicine research lab in major teaching hospitals (at Duke and Georgetown).  In 2018, she boldly transitioned this organization from a research lab into the thriving Woman of Color led, million-dollar mental health nonprofit it is today.

Dr. Alfiee is a regular media contributor for outlets like the Washington Post, SELF, CNN, Fortune, the New York Times, The Breakfast Club and others. She co-hosts the Audacy Radio suicide prevention special I’m Listening with Carson Daly and Katie Neal, and co-hosted the World Kindness Day short film The Power of Kindness, with Lady Gaga and the Born This Way Foundation.

A recurring guest on the Today Show, appearing in episodes with Charlamagne Tha God and Carson Daly, Dr. Alfiee was recently honored to moderate a National Governors’ Association panel on adolescent mental health with 19th and 21st U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy and Governor Phil Murphy (NJ).

An author/co-author of 3 books: The Handbook of Mental Health in African American Youth (academic textbook), Community Mental Health Engagement with Racially Diverse Populations (academic textbook) and I want to See You Shining: The Guide (co-authored with super-producer Mark ‘King’ Batson), she is lauded for her remarkable ability to motivate and inspire by translating complex scientific concepts into everyday language.

She lives by the mantra that everyone deserves #optimalmentalhealth which should always be informed by #lovelightscience.