Our Founders

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Meredith Evans McAllister

Meredith combines her business acumen with her passion for women's health to lead Marma. After successfully building and exiting a business, she's now channeling these skills into creating a nutrition resource for women. Marma was born from her own frustrating search for evidence-based nutrition information during her pregnancies (and not blogs from 2014), when she discovered firsthand how difficult it was to find reliable guidance. As a mother of two, she understands the critical importance of proper nutrition during fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond—a passion that drives Marma's mission to support women through these transformative stages of life.

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Victoria Weber

After the cesarean birth of her first son, Victoria dove deep into the birth world to better understand her experience and emerged as an expert for birthing mothers. She has since supported thousands of women through pregnancy, birth and postpartum as a doula, certified holistic nutrition coach, and prenatal yoga instructor. She’s also an Ayurvedic chef and the founder of an organic meal-delivery service designed for supporting postpartum families. Equal parts wisdom and grace, Victoria’s grounding energy makes her an integral part of any birth team, as well as ours.

Marma Medical Advisory Board

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    Basma Faris

    LEAD MEDICAL ADVISOR

    Dr. Basma Faris is a board certified OBGYN and Certified Culinary Medicine Specialist, who started her career as a registered dietitian. She is the founder of PollyPrep which is an educational program and telemedicine practice for people with PCOS. She aims to care for people with PCOS through nutrition, medicine and education and to spread awareness to the public and health professions about PCOS. She is an expert in nutrition for women across the lifespan. She recently assumed the role of Vice Chair of the Advisory Board of the American College of Culinary Medicine. She resides in Brooklyn, NY with her multigenerational family and dog. She is licensed in NY and Florida. 

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    Rashmi Kudesia

    FERTILITY ADVISOR

    Rashmi Kudesia, MD, MSc, FACOG, DipABLM is a triple board-certified expert in reproductive endocrinology and infertility, obstetrics and gynecology, and lifestyle medicine. Since 2018, she has been caring for patients at CCRM Fertility Houston, where she has received multiple annual clinical recognition awards and serves as director of patient education and Sugar Land site director. She is also an assistant clinical professor at the Houston Methodist Hospital. After graduating magna cum laude from Brown University, she received her medical degree with honors from Duke University School of Medicine. Her ob-gyn residency at the New York Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center was followed by a reproductive endocrinology and infertility fellowship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center and a master’s of science degree in clinical research methods. She subsequently served as a clinical assistant professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and medical director of the Brooklyn office of the Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York before relocating to Texas.

    Dr. Kudesia is an ACOG Fellow and District XI Section 4 chair. She has served in multiple local and national leadership roles in organized medicine and is a public advocate for reproductive health. Dr. Kudesia has presented scientific research at national and international conferences, published in leading peer-reviewed journals, and received multiple awards and grants for her work. She is also author of the book Understanding Fertility Awareness Methods: Gaining Control of Your Fertility. 

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    Annabelle Li

    PRENATAL DIETICIAN

    Annabelle, MS, RD, CDN, is a nutrition scientist, a practicing dietitian, and an entrepreneur passionate about reimagining fertility nutrition through a culturally grounded lens. Rooted in her Chinese heritage, she incorporates traditional medicinal ingredients and culinary expertise to craft holistic, nourishing approaches to reproductive health. With experience across clinical care and startups, Annabelle brings both heart and strategy to Marma Health’s mission of empowering fertility journeys with intention and innovation.