Dr. Anna Maria Valdez (she/her/ella) is a Professor of Nursing at Sonoma State University and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Emergency Nursing. She is passionate about health equity and eradicating racism and other forms of bias in nursing practice. Dr. Valdez served as a subject matter expert on the inaugural National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing and contributed to the Commission’s foundational paper on racism in nursing. She is currently serving as an independent Commissioner. Dr. Valdez has published and presented nationally on emergency nursing, trauma, antiracism, bias, environmental justice, health equity, and DEIJ. She has taught thousands of nurses and healthcare professionals about providing inclusive, unbiased, and equitable care. In 2023, Dr. Valdez was selected as one of the 20 nurse leaders advocating for health equity to follow on social media. In 2022 and 2023, she was selected as one of Brexi’s 30 best nurse influencers to follow on social media.