Ramadhani Noor
Health Tanzania
Noor is a physician with additional training in public health and nutrition with over 15 years of experience practicing medicine, conducting public health research, and…
Chauntel Norris
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights AL, United States
Chauntel Norris is a DONA trained birth doula, Lamaze trained childbirth educator and a Certified Lactation Counselor. She serves as the Manager of Advocacy, Forward…
Maria Valenzuela
Health AZ, United States
Maria Avalenzuela serves as the Executive Director at Spaces of Opportunity, where she is dedicated to creating transformative programs that uplift individuals and strengthen communities….
Mohamed Bailor Barrie
Health Sierra Leone
Mohamed grew up in rural Sierra Leone and earned money to complete his high school education by selling candy, roast meat and kerosene by the…
Garba Abdu
Health Nigeria
Garba Abdu has decades of experience working on public health in Nigeria. He is currently the director of Vaccines and Government Relations at Clinton Health Access…
Ashlee Wisdom
Health NY, United States
Ashlee Wisdom is a public health innovator. She is the Co-founder & CEO of Health In Her HUE, a digital platform that connects Black women…
Boaz Keizire
Food Security Uganda
Boaz Blackie Keizire is a dynamic leader with 15+ years of experience orchestrating strategies to enhance food security, sustainability, and resilience. He is passionate about…
Mirtha Santana
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship NY, United States
Mirtha Santana is a long-time resident of the low-income community of Bushwick Brooklyn, Mirtha knows from personal experience the impact of affordable housing. Her commitment…
Mary Oxendine
Food Security NC, United States
Mary Oxendine is the Lumbee and Tuscarora granddaughter of rural sharecroppers and a cultivator of relationships and traditional Indigenous foodways. As a financial activist, she…
Sylvie Djacbou
Environment Cameroon
Sylvie grew up in the forest region of Cameroon. She describes a childhood living in peace and harmony with nature. Born on the international day…
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…
Stephen Kennedy
Health Liberia
Dr Stephen B. Kennedy is a Senior Researcher at the University of Liberia-Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation (UL-PIRE) Africa Center, an infectious disease research…
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