Dr. Amia Nash is a Postdoctoral Scholar at UC Berkeley, School of Public Health, with a specialty area in Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health. She has partnered in community-engaged research focused on health equity with underrepresented youth for the past 8 years. Amia received her Doctor of Public Health from UC Berkeley, School of Public Health and MS in Community Health and Prevention Research from Stanford University School of Medicine. Her current research at UC Berkeley's Innovations 4 Youth Research Hub focuses on statewide social and emotional learning initiatives and youth participatory action research to promote youth well-being. Additionally, she advances diversity, equity, and inclusion in academia and research through her experience mentoring undergraduate and graduate students from underrepresented backgrounds in higher education, as well as pursuing an anti-racist approach to community-engaged research and teaching.