Andrea Sonenberg is a Certified Nurse-Midwife, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, and Health Services Researcher, improving access to care and health outcomes for vulnerable and underserved populations through practice; policy research & advocacy; and nursing education. She founded public health midwifery practices serving ethnically, racially, and socio-economically diverse communities. Dr. Sonenberg’s research focuses on policies as upstream determinants of health, with international publications and presentations on their impacts on equity, health disparities, and social justice. She was Professor of graduate nursing at Pace University and appointed as its Coronavirus Coordination Officer; invited member of the Rise to Health Coalition; serves on the Board of Directors of the NYS Association of Public Health and served as co-editor for the Journal of Health and Human Services Administration-Symposium on Member Health. Internationally, she is volunteer faculty for Universidad do Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil) and Promoting Health in Haiti, as well as serves on its Advisory Board. She established partnerships with nursing programs in Haiti, Brazil, Colombia, and Chile, supporting the introduction of the APN role in the PAHO region. Dr. Sonenberg has BS Degrees from Cornell and Syracuse Universities, an MS in Midwifery (Scholae Superiorum) from Georgetown University, and a PhD from Columbia University.