MPH Student
UC Berkeley
My name is Mariah. I am a second-year Master’s of Public Health student at the University of California, Berkeley, concentrating in Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health. I am passionate about creating a future where the wellness of birthing individuals is of utmost importance, and women’s health is abundantly funded and supported in society.
Currently, I am working with the California Preterm Birth Initiative to generate a landsape analysis that examines the strengths, resources and needs of Black families in San Francisco in regards to successful breast/chestfeeding. I also am assisting with the Evaluation Study of the Abundant Birth Project- the first program in the country that provides unconditional cash supplements to Black and Pacific Islander birthing people. This program started in San Francisco and has recently begun expanding to four different counties throughout California. What ties both of these experiences together is their centering around the health of pregnant people from minoritized communities. I couple my background in global health with current research in domestic maternal health to stimulate systems-level change in health infrastructure. I enjoy working in dynamic, multi-disciplinary environments that are at the cutting edge of research in public health.