GEH Ambassadors

Lucinda is a first-year MPH student in the Environmental Public Health concentration at New York University. She graduated from Vassar College with a Bachelor of Arts, double majoring  in Biology & Hispanic Studies. Between undergrad and her master's degree, Lucinda worked for two years as a research assistant and lab manager in the Brady Laboratory at The Rockefeller University. She has done extensive laboratory research and fieldwork in microbiology, including studying the impact of the microbiome on human health, the discovery and development of antibiotics, and the consequences of antibiotic microbial resistance. She also worked at Human Impacts Institute, an environmental justice nonprofit which inspired her to pursue an MPH. Her interests lie in the intersection of social justice, urban environmental health, and community health work. 

Ami is a second-year MPH student in the Global Health concentration at New York University. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in Political Science with concentrations in world and comparative politics, minors in French Language & Literature and Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies, and a certificate in Global Studies. Before starting at NYU, she worked for 2.5 years at RTI International as a Project Associate in the International Education division of the International Development Group. In addition to her academic pursuits, she is a research associate with the Applied Global Public Health Initiative and on the Executive Board of the Black Women's Health Collective as Secretary. She is most interested in applying intersectional and interdisciplinary approaches to address disparities in maternal and child health globally, particularly in contexts of displacement and co-existing marginalizations. 

Bethel is a second-year MPH candidate in Global Health at New York University and holds a BA in Global Development Studies with a minor in Health and Society from the University of Calgary. She currently serves as a Research Associate and Team Lead for the Mycetoma Surveillance and Control Project with the Applied Global Public Health Initiative. She is also a Project Assistant for a sugar warning label policy implementation study at NYU Langone Health. Having lived in three countries, Bethel’s work is grounded in the belief that health is a fundamental human right. She is committed to reinvigorating the “public” in public health to help build a more equitable world.