I am a public health researcher and journalist dedicated to precision, creativity, and transformative thinking, focusing on addressing racial inequities in women's health in the United States.

I write about public health, medicine, and racial inequity, with a specific focus on reproductive health, chronic diseases, and the sexual health of Black women in the United States. I have contributed to Vox, NPR, Fast Company, The Nation, and Fortune.

I've contributed as a content consultant for NATAL Season 2, a podcast that received the prestigious Webby Awards honor for Best Documentary in 2021.

As a Writer/Editor at the Centers for Disease Control, I was pivotal in managing the communications program for the Arthritis Management and Well-Being team, boosting newsletter readership, and spearheading the creation and production of the CDC podcast Healthy Living with Arthritis podcast.

Leveraging the research skills I gained during my PhD, I authored a forthcoming study on racial and ethnic disparities in arthritis outcomes using a nationally representative data set to be published in Arthritis Care and Research.

My research, grounded in public health science, concentrates on structural inequities in reproductive, sexual, and chronic disease outcomes. Women's Health Issues recognized and awarded my first study on educational advantage and unintended pregnancy with the Editor's Choice Award. My subsequent publications in journals such as Social Science and Medicine, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, Public Health Reports, and the International Journal of Drug Policy further underscore my dedication to advancing knowledge in these critical areas.

Before journalism, I was on a postdoctoral fellowship at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, where I collaborated on research examining the social and geographical factors linked to HIV risk among at-risk populations, including people who inject drugs.

A graduate of Stanford University (B.A. in Anthropological Sciences), UCLA (M.S. in Public Health - Community Health Sciences), and the University of Michigan (Ph.D. in Health Behavior and Health Education), I was also a Fellow in Global Journalism at the University of Toronto.

I’m working on my novel, yoga, gardening, and cooking in my free time.