#PolicyProfile: “After Princeton SPIA, I joined sandsj_nj as a senior policy counsel. SandSJ is a Black-faith-rooted organization that works to liberate the Black community throughout New Jersey and transform public policy to uplift people throughout the state. We’re currently working to build a birthing center in Trenton and a few other places throughout New Jersey that are traditionally birthing deserts. We want to ensure that our citizens have a reliable place to safely give birth and have access to maternal health care, good midwives, and doulas. We’re in the process of writing legislation and securing funding for midwives to staff the location, provide culturally competent care, and give them stipends to make that transition easier. I’m really invested in my community because it’s my hometown, too. I was recently reelected as president of Trenton NAACP, where we deal with issues like environmental justice, civil rights, housing, and lead. I serve as the head of the Trenton Downtow...