Zainab Jah, MPH is the Associate Director of Research and Development at The Praxis Project. She received her Masters in Public Health from Rollins School of Public Health with a background in Behavioral Science and Health Education. Her work focuses on reproductive justice for Black birthing people transnationally. Currently, she is working on developing birth equity research measures, and improving maternal health in the Gulf South in partnership with Tulane University. She also leads projects that center birth equity in climate change solutions for Black birthing people in the US, Puerto Rico, and Sierra Leone.