Dr.Megha Ramaswamy (she/her) serves as Professor and Chair of Health Systems and PopulationHealth at the University of Washington School of Public Health. Dr. Ramaswamy is a long-time teacher, mentor, and researcher in the areas of sexual, reproductive health, cancer prevention, and mass incarceration (drmegharamaswamy.com). In her research, Dr. Ramaswamy takes community health problems, works with stakeholders who are experts of their own lives, and comes up with plans for how to best implement solutions at individual, practice, and policy levels. Her mentorship activities foster diversity and inclusion, and she has successfully leveraged federal funds to formalize and strengthen the pipeline to public health careers of students, teachers, and faculty traditionally underrepresented in the public health and clinical sciences. Dr. Ramaswamy is Indian-American, born in Lansing, Michigan and raised in, Starkville, Mississippi. She grew up with bedtime stories about racism and politics–why she lived in a town with one public school and the “academy,” an all-white school established against desegregation. These conversations and early developmental experiences shaped her passion to become a keen observer of social injustice. In her life and work, she has been committed to intervening to promote social justice and health. In her free time, Dr. Ramaswamy loves being with her people–kid, family, friends, and community. She loves beautiful interiors, stylish clothes, and ease.