Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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ShantaQuilette Carter-Williams survived a heart attack and a stroke. Now she is a cardiovascular social media influencer and women’s health advocate. Shanta encourages other women to learn about heart disease, their family health history and how to advocate for themselves with health professionals. Her reason is simple: She doesn’t want them to go through what she did.

Watch her conversation with American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown on a new episode of At the Heart of It.