I am an educator, activist, and engagement practitioner facilitating opportunities for community engagement, social impact, and collaborative innovation. What I Do:My work is a mix of public health education, professional development, and strategy and program design in academic, community, and social impact spaces. Right now, I am embracing a hyperlocal approach to change through academia as faculty at American University where I serve as the faculty director of the Public Health Scholars. My other campus involvement supports innovative curriculum development, social justice and community-based training and scholarship, and deepening institutional commitment to supporting diverse faculty and students’ needs.Outside of campus, I rely on my recent experiences as:- the inaugural Chief Health Policy Officer at the Baltimore City Health Department- part of the dopest squad of social impact consultants at Frontline Solutions- founding board member of Detroit’s first birthing center, Birth Detroit- past advisory board member of Public Health AwakenedWhat Drives Me:I have significant experience educating and advocating with hundreds of brilliant students and brave practitioners across the United States and have designed advocacy strategies, facilitated stakeholder convenings, and lead innovative approaches that champion thriving communities. My advocacy practice is informed by critical race scholarship, emergent strategy and design thinking.I earned a Master of Public Health in Health Management and Policy from the University of Michigan and attended Boston University School of Law. However, it was my education at Bennett College, a women’s HBCU, where I found public health and myself.