Chloe Dulce Louvouezo is a Congolese-American author, creative strategist, and advocate for women whose work drives narrative change through storytelling. For nearly two decades, her work has addressed inequities in gender, education, socioeconomics, and mental and maternal health in the Global North and South.  Raised in Niger and having lived across West and East Africa and the United States, Chloe’s multicultural perspective around social issues informs her writing, communications leadership, and inclusive creative strategy across sectors. 

For the past nine years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Chloe has invested and managed over $3 million in grants for US and Africa-based organizations focused on women of color, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), global maternal health equity, and gender justice. She currently serves as a Senior Creative Producer at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Chloe has also led a portfolio of creative work driven by discourse on identity and healing across the Black diaspora. In 2020, she executive produced the Life, I Swear podcast and has since released 60+ episodes on the topics of mental health and wellness of Black women. In 2021, she released her debut book with HarperCollins Publishing, Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing, and Self-Trust (HarperCollins Publishers, November 2021), a memoir and anthology of essays from 26 Black women. The book was featured in the New York Times, Essence, Shondaland, Ebony, and Washingtonian, among others, and was winner of the 2022 San Francisco Book Festival. 

Chloe is locally engaged as an appointee on DC Mayor Bowser’s Commission for Women, where she supports citywide initiatives championing health and human services and public policy safety for women. She is also a founding board member of HURU and The Black Healing Collective.