Introducing, the BABES show with Lorenna, your host! Kia is an award-winning trauma researcher and public health leader whose work explores chronic stress as a driver of health disparities and neurobiological harm. She earned dual Masters degrees in business and public policy from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School and Duke Sanford School of Public Policy, and uses her training to bridge neuroscience, health equity, and policy to develop trauma-informed solutions that create lasting systems change. She currently serves on the board of a nonprofit serving survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/zakiya-smith919/

TW: sexual assault, suicide, trauma

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