CPH 16 — Courage on the Homefront: A Conversation with Dr. Chambraia Jones

Courageous Public Health

In this warm and inspiring conversation, my guest shares how courage, community, and advocacy have shaped her journey as a military spouse, mother, and public health professional. From navigating deployments with a newborn, to earning her PhD while balancing family and work, she reflects on what it means to act despite fear, embrace growth, and build community across each chapter of life.

She speaks honestly about the challenges of employment, parenting, and mental health support in military life — and how she’s using her voice to uplift and empower others.

Meet Dr. Chambraia Jones

Dr. Chambraia Jones is a public health leader and strategist whose work centers on advancing health equity and improving outcomes for children and families. She currently serves as the Brilliant Cities and Strategy Manager, where she leads national expansion efforts for a model that builds neighborhood-based hubs supporting early childhood development and family well-being.

Originally from Philadelphia and now living in California, Dr. Jones is a proud military spouse, mother of two, and a proud Temple Owl. Her research focuses on perinatal depression among military spouses, blending her lived experience with a deep commitment to maternal mental health. She brings over a decade of experience across global and domestic public health, with particular expertise in community health disparities, partnership-building, program design, and data-driven strategy.

Dr. Jones is passionate about systems change that is rooted with, for, and by the communities it serves.

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Conversation Highlights

• Courage through Deployment — Dr. Jones shares how she navigated the challenges of raising a newborn alone while her husband was deployed, and the resilience it required to rebuild community with every move.
• Advocacy for Military Spouses — She reflects on the need for greater support, employment opportunities, and mental health resources for military spouses — and how she’s helping create change.
• Claiming Her Power — From pursuing a PhD to speaking up in difficult conversations, Dr. Jones explains how she learned to trust her voice and use it for change.
• Vision for Community and Collaboration — She shares her vision for bringing BIPOC women together to collaborate, uplift one another, and reimagine what equity in public health can look like.

“We all have power, whether we’ve tapped into it or not.” — Dr. Chambraia Jones

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