Throughout my undergraduate career, I have naturally gravitated towards advocacy and social justice work. My Fall 2019 semester-long research project and panel on Racial Bias and Police Violence brought me here to this Social Justice Certificate. This research and service-learning experience catalyzed personal, academic, and professional growth in my life as it allowed me to center my passion for social justice. My passion for this project stemmed from the heartbreaking story of my cousin, Botham Jean, who was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer, who mistook his apartment for her own. This research project was, admittedly, emotionally taxing as the trial and my research went on simultaneously, but seeing the positive responses to my research presentation certified my vocation for advocacy and activism. During this time, I also read Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy and visited the National Memorial for Peace and Justice for the first time which further pushed me towards advocacy and social justice work. Like Bryan Stevenson, I faced many obstacles like being threatened and called racial slurs for bringing up and challenging the discourse surrounding racial injustices. My main social justice interests are in prison reform, human rights, access, and racial injustices within the healthcare system. With this certificate in Social Justice, I hope to produce positive change with my advocacy efforts as a public health specialist one day. I plan to combat health inequities transnationally to help end populations suffering from preventable diseases and other inequalities.