FALL 2024 ISSUE - Flipbook - Page 119
Faith, Friendship &
Fertility
A Journey to Motherhood
Tenisha Patterson Brown, DeShaun Wise Porter, and Rayan
Marks joined forces to bring awareness about the struggles
with infertility through the lens of faith and friendship. They
share their stories of highs and lows while simultaneously
nurturing a friendship destined to be everlasting
As an attomey, entrepreneur and wife to former NFL player
and coach Everette Brown, Tenisha was used to working
hard for what she wants and seeking the rewards. It was not
until she was faced with the reality of hundreds of pills and
injections, that she knew this challenge would be diferent.
She shared her story publicly and found her soul sister in
Rayan. Rayan, also an entrepreneur and wife to a former NFL
player Senderrick Marks, discovered that she not only shared
a due date with Tenisha but very similar infertility struggles.
After openly sharing her losses, Tenisha received a message
from her sorority sister, DeShaun, that conormed that this
space needed more voices that came from women who looked
like them. DeShaun, a high level corporate executive and
wife to Dr. Fernando Porter, had done everything the