Leslie M. Kantor, PhD, MPH, is a widely recognized public health leader, researcher, educator, and advocate. Dr. Kantor is the inaugural chair of the Department of Urban-Global Public Health at
Christiana Adams is a community researcher, mom of three girls and one boy, a resident of Newark, and is excited to be a part of this project. She was part
Cherriece Battle is a native of Newark and mother of a 5-year-old girl. She became a community researcher to help her community, particularly focusing on African/Black/Brown Americans within the community.
Constance Akhimien is a community researcher, mom of three beautiful children, and resident of Newark. She considers herself a social butterfly who is fully involved in her community. She is
Maria Oluwayemi lives in Newark and is the mom to wonderful triplets. She became a community researcher so that the voices of mothers in Newark could be heard. She was
Fauziyya Allibay-Abdulkadir is a community researcher, mom of two, and has lived in Newark since 2020. She has always believed in women having the best share of what society has
Olanike Salimon is a mother of three wonderful kids, feminist to the core with the welfare of women in mind. She was motivated to become a community researcher with a
Patricia Arias-Reynolds is a New Jersey mother of a three-year-old daughter. While she is a New Jersey native, she has spent time living and working in maternal health in Costa
Danae Palomino is a New Jersey mother of two boys—born ten years apart—who has witnessed firsthand the profound impact of support during all stages of parenting. She is joining the
Laura Lindberg, PhD, is an internationally recognized demographer and professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health, where she is developing a new program in sexual and reproductive health. As