Sara Mosud
TX, United States
Sara Masoud is a former family caregiver and researcher who creates spaces for communities impacted by dementia to gather, collaborate, educate, and advocate for research…
Ify Aniebo
Health Nigeria
Growing up in Nigeria, Ify Aniebo and her childhood best friend both loved comic books. When they were 7 years old, both girls got sick…
Denise Smith
Health CT, United States
Denise Octavia Smith, MBA, CHW, PN a woman of African descent, Community Health Worker, and survivor of a rare chronic disease is the founding Executive…
Rodrigo Bazua Lobato
Health Mexico
Rodrigo Bazúa was a site fellow at Compañeros en Salud in Mexico (2017-2019). He was born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico. He studied medicine…
Mokete Motlatsi Mary
Health Lesotho
Mokete Motlatsi Mary currently serves as a Project Manager for the Providing Universal HIV/AIDS Services (PUSH) project in Lesotho, providing overall project management and technical…
Meki Shewangizaw
Health NC, United States
Meki Shewangizaw serves as the Community Engagement Project Manager for Partners In Health-United States, where she is committed to supporting local organizations in their efforts…
Aaron “AJ” Johnson
Food Security OK, United States
Aaron “AJ” Johnson is the Founder and CEO of Oasis FreshMarkets, the first full-service supermarket in North Tulsa’s historically black-neighborhood — once called ‘Black Wall…
Pashtana D.
Education Afghanistan
Pashtana is a radical feminist activist. She was raised by a family of teachers, but even in her extended family in Afghanistan, she knew that…
Jamar Hill
Health AR, United States
Jamar Hill, Founder of Gamers Baseball Alaska/RBI Alaska, is a former professional baseball player and current youth coach whose lived experiences empowers him to provide access…
Mariana Assis
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Brazil
Mariana Prandini Assis is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Federal University of Goiás, in Brazil, and a co-founder of the Margarida Alves Collective…
Emma Naluyima
Food Security Uganda
Emma Naluyima, born around 1980 in Entebbe, Uganda, is a veterinarian, urban farmer, entrepreneur, elementary school educator, and farming instructor. She operates a highly productive…
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