Tatiana Maida

Consultant

Tatiana Maida has over twelve years of experience at the executive and management level developing public health programming and providing support, expertise and guidance in equity, community advocacy, cultural respectfulness, diversity and inclusion. 

Since 2015, she has worked as an independent consultant on equity and systems change for different organizations and institutions in Wisconsin. In 2019 Tatiana joined Share Collaborative and in 2021 she joined Community Initiatives, where she provides cultural humility/reverence & trauma and resilience training to local and national organizations as well equity related consulting with state institutions.

Tatiana worked for over a decade for Sixteenth Community Health Centers, one of the largest Federally Qualified Health Centers in Wisconsin, where she developed and managed their Obesity Department with a focus on comprehensive family education, community leadership development and environmental changes to increase access to healthy food and safe physical activity in Milwaukee's southside. This innovative model has impacted the health and lives of thousands of adults and children in Milwaukee and beyond. 

Tatiana has served on several Boards and Councils, and in 2019 she was appointed by Governor Tony Evers to serve in the Wisconsin Public Health Council in Madison, where she is a strong advocate for diversity and the need to include community voice in the decision-making process. 

Her major passion and expertise are in the areas of health equity, community engagement, program and leadership development, trauma informed care, Latino cultural competency and cultural humility.  

Tatiana has a bachelor’s degree in Communications and a minor in Social Development. Her experience with social and nonprofit work began in Bolivia, her native country, where she worked for several organizations dedicated to rural, indigenous communities. Later, in 2002 when she moved to the United States she worked as a free-lance journalist for bilingual newspapers and magazines in Los Angeles and Milwaukee.