Associate Professor, University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Vice-Chair, Mental Health Working Group of the city of Chicago’s Mayor’s Youth Commission
Chicago-based campaign operative and Brandeis University student
Board-certified preventive medicine physician, staff writer at The Atlantic, and lecturer at Yale School of Public Health.
“Ask Polly” advice columnist on Substack, essayist, and author
Producer, writer, speaker, and mindfulness meditation teacher
Founding member of the Honors BIPOC Coalition, Loyola University Chicago
Award-winning author, editor, poet, playwright, performer, educator, speaker, and rapper.
Author, travel writer, and award-winning syndicated radio host