#PolicyProfile: “My passion for service is rooted in the belief that geography should never determine destiny — who lives, who thrives, or who gets to dream. Everyone deserves equal access to opportunity, health, and the freedom to become who they want to be. Coming from Liberia, I’ve witnessed firsthand the human cost of policy failures — from 14 years of civil war that shattered every fulcrum of society to the Ebola outbreak that exposed deep systemic inequities. I saw mothers bury children because facilities lack oxygen and families face an impossible trade-off between food or medicine. Those moments taught me that policy is not abstract — it is the difference between hope and despair. At the National Public Health Institute of Liberia, the country’s equivalent of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, I began as a health policy and planning specialist, where I helped design strategies to safeguard public health. I later rose to director of human resources, spearheadin...