Taylor Rae Roman is a Brooklyn-based motherhood storyteller, podcast host, speaker, athlete, and community builder whose work explores identity, wellness, and the profound transformation of becoming a mother. Through emotionally honest storytelling, spoken-word poetry and thoughtful conversations, she creates spaces where mothers can feel seen, supported and less alone in the parts of motherhood that are often difficult to name.

Taylor is the creator and host of Since I Became a Mother, a podcast examining how motherhood reshapes identity, relationships, ambition, mental health, culture and the way women understand themselves. She is also the founder of STRONG Run Club, a Brooklyn-based movement and community experience that brings mothers together through accessible group runs, wellness and genuine in-person connection. Her work reflects a belief that storytelling and movement can both be powerful forms of support—and that motherhood should not have to be navigated in isolation.

Before centering her platform on modern motherhood, Taylor spent nearly a decade working as a professional boxing and strength trainer. She went on to co-found ACTIV-ISM, an anti-racism wellness company focused on building more inclusive fitness and wellness spaces, and worked as a diversity, equity, and inclusion educator for organizations including Starbucks, ClassPass, Rumble, and Reebok. Her career has also included major brand campaigns, including presenting for the Reebok Human Rights Awards, appearing on the cover of SELF, and co-authoring ACTIV-ATING: Your Vocabulary, a guide to navigating conversations about race and racism.

Taylor holds a master’s degree in Human Rights Studies from Columbia University, where her research focused on mass incarceration and access to outdoor recreation and exercise for incarcerated women of color in New York correctional facilities. During her time at Columbia, she served as Assistant Director of Just Ideas and helped facilitate educational programming inside Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center and Taconic Correctional Facility. Her earlier podcast, On the Outside, grew from this commitment to belonging and social justice and received a Columbia University Social Justice Mini-Grant.

Across every part of her work, from podcasting and poetry to running, speaking and community events, Taylor brings together intellectual curiosity, emotional honesty and lived experience. She is building a modern motherhood platform rooted in connection—one that honors who mothers were before motherhood, who they are now, and who they are still becoming.

Taylor lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Richard, their son Jade, and their corgi, Rollie.