Tiera Smith is a purpose-driven leader championing maternal, women’s, and generational wellness as Clinical Director of Becoming Wellness Services, a private practice specializing in women’s wellness, and owner of The Proud Brown Company, a social enterprise promoting diversity and wellness through literacy and community initiatives. Smith has supported individuals, families, communities, and organizations in various ways throughout her career.
Smith obtained her Bachelor of Social Work (2018) from Wayne State University and her Master of Social Work (2019) from the University of Michigan. Smith holds certifications in clinical supervision, maternal mental health, and advanced perinatal mental health psychotherapy. She is currently a Doctor of Social Work candidate at the University of Kentucky (2025).
Smith's research focuses on promoting professional and nonprofessional support networks to advance maternal health outcomes and fostering community and generational wellness. With this focus and expertise, her capstone project examines how formal and informal support networks can improve maternal mental health outcomes by embracing a collaborative independence philosophy. Her work aims to provide mothers, social workers, other professionals from a range of disciplines, community, and familial-level supports with the knowledge to know and understand how to support mothers within the scope of their unique roles to break silos and inequities.
Smith's experience as a wife, mother, and home-birther provides her with firsthand insight into motherhood. Combined with professional expertise, these experiences fuel her dedication to creating systems that ensure mothers and those connected to them thrive holistically.