She Hacks Longevity: Lisa Peyton-Caire and the Fight for Black Women’s Wellness
Longevity work often begins with personal practice — a new routine, a lab test, a supplement stack. But sometimes it begins with heartbreak. For Lisa Peyton-Caire, the loss of her mother to heart disease at just 64 years old became the catalyst for a movement that has touched thousands of lives.
From one woman’s loss came a movement serving thousands. Lisa Peyton-Caire proves that Black women are the architects of longevity.
In 2009, Lisa launched Black Women’s Wellness Day, a community event designed to honor her mother’s memory and bring Black women together around health and healing. What began as a gathering in Bowie, Maryland grew into a national call to action. The event has since reached thousands of women, building awareness of the unique challenges Black women face in health outcomes — and, more importantly, highlighting solutions rooted in community and culture.
That single day of wellness grew into a full-fledged nonprofit: the Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness (FFBWW), headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. Today, under Lisa’s leadership as Founding CEO & President, the foundation reaches more than 10,000 women and families each year with education, resources, and advocacy. FFBWW offers maternal and child health programs, trains Wellness Ambassadors to become local leaders, and pushes for systemic change through policy and health equity work.
One of Lisa’s most groundbreaking achievements was the opening of the Black Women’s Wellness Center in Wisconsin — the first of its kind in the state. The center serves as a hub for prevention, education, and support, creating a safe and culturally relevant space where Black women can access care and connect with one another.
Lisa’s philosophy is clear: wellness is a birthright. She often reminds women that they have both the power and the responsibility to claim it. Through FFBWW, she has raised millions in funding, built partnerships with healthcare systems and local organizations, and trained everyday women to become advocates and change-makers in their own neighborhoods.
Her impact extends beyond direct programming. Lisa has served on health equity councils and state advisory boards, ensuring that the voices and needs of Black women are heard in the spaces where decisions are made. She understands that true longevity isn’t just about personal discipline — it’s about dismantling barriers and reshaping access to care.
Lisa Peyton-Caire embodies what She Hacks Longevity was created to honor: Black women changing health outcomes through collective strength, reshaping not only their own lives but the systems around them. Her story reminds us that biohacking doesn’t always look like gadgets or labs — sometimes it looks like building infrastructure, mobilizing communities, and creating a legacy of wellness for generations to come.
Lisa is one of many biohacking baddies rewriting the future of health. Stay tuned for more profiles in our living archive — proof that longevity is collective, and it is ours to claim.
To learn more about Lisa Peyton-Caire’s mission and the Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness, visit ffbww.org. Supporting and sharing her work is one way we can all contribute to a future where Black women’s health and longevity are fully recognized, resourced, and celebrated.