Interview Directory
CultureMorad Fareed: “You can’t fix health without fixing the culture beneath it. This is fandom health.”
Founder and CEO, FC Mother
ScienceDr. Michelle Williams: “We have a lot that we can do to reduce health disparities. The combination of collaborators across all the sectors is really how we are going to be able to move the needle.”
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology and Former Dean of Faculty, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
MotherhoodDebbie Phelps: “We are honoring mothers and taking care of mothers... get involved!”
Mother of 3, Educator
ScienceDr. Ana Langer: “The conditions under which a woman reproduces affect her own health and that of her child, and indirectly, the entire family.”
Professor Emerita, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
FandomPelé (in memoriam): “I have to thank God because all these paths I've taken, my mother was the one who guided me. I imagine none of our idols would be as great if they weren't guided by their mothers' love.”
3x World Cup Champion
CapitalOmani Carson: “As we got to talking about the World Cup of Healing, and the kind of impact it can have on humanity, I was like: 'Wow, this is something we want to support!'”
Founder and Chairman, Carson Wealth; Founder, Omya
CultureContessa Brewer: “That passion and devotion to a team is how you are trying to get the moms really committed and tracking their own mental well-being.”
Mother of 2, CNBC Correspondent
FandomAlejandro Hütt: “We'll be very happy to make a lot of mothers, a lot of children, and a lot of people happy about bringing FC Mother to Monterrey, to the state of Nuevo León, and to Mexico.”
Host City Manager, FIFA World Cup 2026 Monterrey
MotherhoodSusie Flores: “If I had to define motherhood in one word, I would say love. Unconditional love is what got me through everything.”
Mother of 3 Footballers, Former Professional Footballer
ScienceZach Bush, MD: “The energy of our planet is the energy of our mothers, is the energy of our future children.”
Triple Board-Certified Physician
MotherhoodJeanie Carson: “I think 'mothers' is one of the untouched segments that doesn't get a lot of attention, and I just hope every mother out there, in every part of the world, gets the help that they need, feels the love, feels the support...”
Mother of 3
FandomBianca Sierra: “I think football can be this vehicle to help support mothers, because the world loves football... it can change the world.”
Mother of 2, Former World Cup Player for the Mexican National Team
ScienceDr. Paulo Ignacio Jr.: “We started building these different layers of support around mothers, so that society can play its role. We bring in family and friends by giving them different roles of support during pregnancy... it really takes a village.”
Founding Partner, FC Mother
ScienceFareed Fareed, MD: “No matter how much you talk about statistics, and all the problems and bad outcomes, it just seems to not resonate... This is a totally novel way to look at the problem, and I'm excited to see what happens next.”
Emergency Physician and Founder