OUR STORY
The Arika Trim Foundation was birthed out of the tragic loss of Arika Trim just 7 days postpartum. Arika’s story is filled with love, light, and tragedy that could’ve been avoided if she had access to help after being home. Birthed out of incredible pain, the people who loved her and were inspired by her sought to create something to honor and continue her Legacy. This foundation serves to bring awareness to Black Maternal Health in a way that helps be a solution to the problem. Our goal is to help save women by giving the education and tools they need to advocate for their health.
ARIKA’S STORY
Arika Trim was born on August 12, 1990 on the Caribbean Island of Tobago. A blessing to her family she excelled in all that she touched in school, family, and the community. Her family moved to the states in 2004 where she continued to find success in her high school and subsequently moving on to college at Lee University in Cleveland, Tn in 2008.
Upon completion of university in 2012, Arika went on to serve at the highest level of the public service, that of the Office of the First Lady Michelle Obama. She continued to be a voice for the voiceless through public service at the US Department of Agriculture, US House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, and at the time of her untimely death, at the American Hospital Association. Her much deserved successes were recognized by Ignite Caribbean's 30 under 30 Caribbean American Honoree in 2017, and bracing the cover of African American Career World Summer/Fall 2014 Edition, with an article feature entitled, “Federal Government, a Top Employer."
Arika’s personality exuded a contagious passion for all humanity to live their best life, by being true to self, free from the yoke of inequality, discrimination, and judgment. She genuinely believed we are all children of the creator and deserving of his love as evidenced in her campaigns for those often marginalized in society because of socioeconomic background, ethnicity, and gender. Her passionate energy was expressed best through her smile, and that radiant energy was further manifested in her natural fashion flair, her deep-seated love for culture, travel, music, and food.
This foundation exists to honor the life that Arika lived, one full of compassion, excellence, and dedication to the communities around her. Her untimely death only magnifies the fact that her legacy continues in the impact she made on others, despite her not physically being her with us. To learn more about why the foundation exist to help combat maternal mortality in the United States, please watch this documentary that features Arika’s story in the day and moments leading to her untimely death only 7 days postpartum.
