The DEI Core is committed to examining and addressing structural inequities that impact the quality and dissemination of translational research. It seeks to serve all cores in ensuring that equity and community-engaged research are central foci within our partnerships and learning opportunities.
Sabrina Azemar-Butler is the Engagement Manager at the Pima County Recorder's office. She has degrees in biology, clinical research administration, and is currently pursuing a degree in public health. She is a certified lactation counselor, with interest in maternal health equity, peer and family support services, and breastfeeding education. Over the past decade, Sabrina has honed her skills in community building, program development and implementation, and research, amassing ten years of experience in these domains. Her career has opened the door for opportunities to work with grassroots organizations, county community engagement plans, and university level research and community projects. Sabrina has created sustainable programs like Black Breastfeeding Groups, Cloth Diaper Banks, and Community Advisory committees.
Danielle June is the Founder, CEO of Indigenously Rooted, LLC, which partners with educational and organizational institutions to create workplaces to understand bias, develop equitable solutions, strategize plans that activate voice as well as creates belonging, and empowers individuals to seek their highest executive functions to cultivate overall growth. Her knowledge and skillset is shaped from the American Indian Policy Institute at Arizona State University in Indigenous Leadership and two graduate degrees from Northern Arizona University in Organizational Leadership with an emphasis in Project Management as well as Educational Leadership. Prior to her administrative growth, she spent over 15 years in early childhood education with a Bachelors in Early Childhood Education from Northern Arizona University, in which she promoted child development and learning, built family and community relationships, used developmentally effective approaches, and used content knowledge to build as well as design meaningful curriculum in the classroom. Together, she has been able to develop a well-rounded background to examine how historical, political, cultural, and economic conditions shape formal and informal educational constructs while underscoring how nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, social class, language, ability, and a range of other identities shape these contexts. Therefore, she is conducting the work in educating the process that shapes communities and social identities, so we as professionals can implement culturally responsive care as well as compassionate care for our communities to thrive.