Mina Kazemi is passionate about global health equity, SRHR, and community-driven approaches to research. She received a Master of Science in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine during which she explored the strengths and challenges of using a community-based peer model to implement a parenting program aimed at reducing gender-based violence in rural Uganda. Mina values the power of community, as highlighted in her experiences as the co-founder and director of a social justice and self-esteem camp for girls, in research partnerships with Indigenous communities, and with Community Health Workers in rural Tanzania, and in the Gugulethu township in South Africa. Mina was the Provincial Research Coordinator for the largest community-based research study of women living with HIV in Canada, CHIWOS. Through this work, Mina fostered relationships with Indigenous leaders and women living with HIV. Together, they explored what it means to do research “in a good way” by, with, and for Indigenous women living with HIV in Canada.  Currently, Mina is a Senior Research Program Coordinator at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing supporting mental health research and programming with and for Indigenous youth in Fort Belknap, MT. She enjoys learning from the community and supporting research and programming that is respectful, collaborative, and relational.