Anahid (Ana) Ebrahimi received her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering at the University of California-Davis in 2012 and her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware in 2018. She joined the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) in the Office of Programs to Enhance the Neuroscience Workforce (OPEN) as a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow from 2021-2022, later becoming a Health Program Specialist, and now serving as OPEN's Outreach and Engagement Specialist.Ana is passionate about diversifying the STEM workforce, and has spent a decade leading initiatives that support underrepresented groups in STEM. She is a co-founder of International Women in Biomechanics, a non-profit for women and underrepresented genders in the biomechanics field to gain support, visibility, and allyship as they progress through their careers, and an Advisory Board member of The Perry Initiative, a non-profit that introduces young women to engineering and orthopedic surgery. She previously served as the Secretary for the American Society of Biomechanics.