Bio: I was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA before moving to Atlanta, GA to attend Spelman College where I completed a B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology (pre-medicine). During this time, I was introduced to public health and specifically scholarship in Black Feminist Theory, Reproductive Justice, Critical Race Theory and gendered racism. My college thesis, "External Internalization" was a mixed-methods study of how multiple forms of oppression contributed to stressful life experiences for Black women during pregnancy. This was the beginning of a career in public health research and practice that I continue to this day. I later moved to North Carolina where I completed an MPH and PhD in Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, with a certificate in Health Equity. After completing my degrees, I had the opportunity to move back home to Pittsburgh as a Kellogg Health Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh. I am an Associate Professor of Epidemiology and also serve on the executive team of the Black Equity Coalition, former member of the Pennsylvania Maternal Mortality Review Committee, and Health Equity Editor for Block Chronicles.