Roseline Jean Louis is a Ph.D. Candidate at Emory University School of Nursing. Her research investigates modifiable risk factors to prevent adverse maternal health inequities that plague the Black community in the United States. Her dissertation, funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research (1F31NR020575-01), uses a multi-methods approach to understand how racially discriminatory and disrespectful maternity care from all healthcare providers, but especially nurses, impact severe maternal morbidity outcomes among Black birthing people in the United States. She has co-authored three peer-reviewed manuscripts and has three four-authored manuscripts pending publication.Ms. Jean Louis is an Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Scholar and Birth Equity Research Fellow at the National Birth Equity Collaborative (NBEC). She leads a data analysis of the Maternal Mortality Review Information Application (MMRIA) data set from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Maternal Mortality Prevention Division of Reproductive Health, looking at the impacts of racism on maternal mortality. At Emory University, she serves in various organizations and committees, including as former president of the Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Ph.D. Nursing Student Association, Emory University’s Laney Graduate School Student Council student representative, research support representative for Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Divisional Community and Diversity Committee, and clinical faculty in the School of Nursing.Ms. Jean Louis assisted the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) develop tools and resources to support state maternal mortality review committees in adopting a consistent approach to determining if discrimination, structural racism, and/or interpersonal racism contributed to a pregnancy-related death. Finally, she currently serves as co-chair of the health committee for the North Fulton National Organization for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which strives to ensure the educational, political, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and discrimination.Ms. Jean Louis’ long-term career goal is to be an independent nurse researcher and a leader in research on maternal health disparities among marginalized populations. She aims to develop and implement potential strategies to improve maternal health among these populations. Ms. Jean Louis is actively seeking post-graduate opportunities nationally and internationally.