Omisade Burney-Scott (she/her) is a seventh-generation North Carolinian, Black Southern feminist, storyteller, and Reproductive Justice advocate. She is also the Founder and Chief Menopause Steward of The Black Girls’ Guide to Surviving Menopause (BG*G2SM), a multidisciplinary narrative and culture-shift Reproductive Justice project focused on normalizing menopause by centering the stories and experiences of Black women, gender-expansive and trans people, and other marginalized groups within the Global Majority.

She has been featured in multiple prominent media outlets, such as Oprah Daily, Forbes, VOGUE, NPR, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. Additionally, she has written articles and essays for Yes! Magazine, Blavity, Oprah Daily, The Honey Pot Company, Scalawag, Ms. Magazine, and the anthology “Bloody Hell! Adventures in Menopause From Around the World” edited by feminist author and journalist Mona Eltahawy.
 
Over the past 30 years, Omisade’s work has been rooted in social justice movements focused on the liberation of marginalized communities, starting with her own. She currently serves on the advisory board of Elektra Health and the Honey Pot Company Pulse. Omisade was awarded a Soros Justice Fellowship to expand BG*G2SM's narrative-shift work for formerly incarcerated and system-impacted individuals. Omisade graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1989. She resides in North Carolina and is the proud mother of two beautiful sons.