Then I heard God's voice saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" - As a former enlisted Marine and dad of two beautiful young women, my passion in life is helping Veterans and Kids.

I am a second-year DrPH student at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center School of Public Health. I came back to graduate school during the pandemic having had a few decades of professional work experience, including as a health writer.

As a scholar-activist and policy-maker, I enjoy mapping policy and research to rigorous organizing and civic engagement in order to build and sustain a robust constituency for meaningful social change. My dissertation was the first-of-its-kind to examine the Affordable Care Act and its impact on access to care for Black men.