Heart Sistas
Heart Sistas, Inc. was born from lived experience, resilience, and a mission to change the conversation around heart health for women, especially those too often overlooked.
Founded by President Hyvelle Ferguson-Davis after her own life-altering cardiovascular journey, Heart Sistas was created in response to the gaps she experienced in awareness, early detection, access, and culturally competent care. What began as a personal challenge became a purpose-driven movement dedicated to education, prevention, advocacy, and community empowerment.
Today, Heart Sistas works to address heart health disparities impacting Black and Brown women through community education, emergency readiness training, health activations, and advocacy initiatives. Programs like the Sista Circle Community Education Series and CPR & Emergency Readiness Initiative equip women and families with the knowledge and tools to take charge of their health and save lives.
At our core, we believe every woman deserves access to the care, support, and information needed to live a healthier life because no woman should have to navigate her health journey alone.
Through advocacy, prevention, education, and meaningful connection, we continue to build a movement rooted in purpose and driven by impact — helping women of color and their families feel seen, supported, and empowered.
Heart Sistas
Heart Sistas
Rooted in advocacy, education, and community, Heart Sistas is committed to creating healthier futures for women of color and the families they care for.
Heart Sistas meets the community where they are at and provides information, resources, and meaningful engagements within under-served and underrepresented communities, particularly focusing on the needs of minority women.
Our wide variety of services and programming is aimed to combat malnutrition, obesity, and diabetes, and prevent heart disease, stroke, and other vascular diseases among women of color in South Florida.
Better outcomes for women of color. Heart Sistas envisions a world where all families are empowered to choose healthy living while maintaining cultural identity — inspiring healthier homes through awareness, education, and advocacy.
Founder Spotlight
Founder / CEO
At the age of 45 years old, Hyvelle Ferguson-Davis suffered a heart attack and stroke all in a short span. Determined to learn how to ensure she did not become another statistic, she began the hardest fight of her life, learning how to regain the control that she lost through her health crisis.Through this journey of survival, she noticed when she walked in the medical room, too often her voice was not being heard, there were not too many people that looked like her and as she became educated in the preventive measures of how to prevent health crisis. This is when she realized: had she been given this information before her heart attack and stroke maybe things would have been different for her. Heart Sistas was birthed!
Leadership guiding the mission forward
At 59 I’m happy to be a wife, mother and grandmother. I am an ordained minister serving at my local church for over 18 years. The President and CEO of Heart Sista Hyvelle is my sister.
As the Vice-President of the Board of the Heart Sistas organization, it truly is an honor for me to be part of an organization that focuses on ensuring that we as black women and women of color understand that our health matters.
Travis Neff is a Florida-based arts producer, project manager, speaker, and consultant passionate about arts, advocacy, and community impact. He is a leader in HIV awareness, mental health, and public health initiatives, and has helped secure hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding for arts, health, and community programs across Florida.
Travis S. Baten is a finance professional with experience in private equity, hedge funds, and financial services. He currently serves as an Assistant Vice President at State Street Bank, leading teams and overseeing client and operational processes.
Guiding strategy, advocacy, and long-term impact
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I am so grateful that they took the time to understand my unique needs during my CPR class. Their support to meet my specific needs is making all the difference as I navigate my health journey.
Heart Sistas didn't just provide us a lifeline when I felt that I had nowhere else to turn. Their personalized approach made me feel seen and heard, restoring my faith in humanity.
Heart Sistas didn't just provide us a lifeline when I felt that I had nowhere else to turn. Their personalized approach made me feel seen and heard, restoring my faith in humanity.
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