Giovanna C. De Oliveira is an Associate Professor of Clinical at the University of Miami, School of Nursing and Health Studies, and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in Miami Lakes, Florida. Dr. De Oliveira has integrated her vast clinical knowledge with her research experience to advance the field of health disparities. She is an alum from the SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program who has led interprofessional funded research studies that resulted in interventions to benefit the overall well-being of minorities in the US. She has directed the development and adaptation of a comprehensive framework aimed at addressing mental health disparities. This framework addresses culture-specific values in HIV prevention interventions for Black and Latina women in English and Spanish to be used in research. In addition, Dr. De Oliveira has worked to improve the mental health of minorities by influencing policy at the national and international levels through active participation and leadership in national nurses’ associations and presentations at national and international clinical and research conferences. The influence of her research on mental health among minority women is evident in the numerous citations within prominent nursing and interdisciplinary journals. In addition, Dr. De Oliveira serves as a manuscript reviewer for esteemed journals like the Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, Hispanic Healthcare International, Clinical Simulation in Nursing, among others, underscoring her contribution to high-impact scholarly publications. Dr. De Oliveira earned her BSN and MSN degrees from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan; and her PhD from the University of Miami.