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Finding Her Purpose


Title: Inaugural Director of the Ubuntu Center on Racism, Global Movements and Population Health Equity and Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel University

Age: 38

Education: B.S., biology, Bennett College; MPH, health behavior and health education, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; and Doctor of Science, society, human development and health, Harvard University

Career mentors: Dr. Ana V. Diez Roux, Drexel University; Dr. Felton James Earls, Harvard University; Dr. Sherman A. James, Duke University; and Dr. Chandra L. Ford, UCLA

Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Don’t be afraid to chart your own path.

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