Fam y’all have no idea how excited and honored we are to have Dr. Faith ‘Put Some Respek On My Name Crittenden back on the podcast to update us about all the dope shit she’s been doing in and for the community. From public health policy, to destigmatization, Dr. Crittenden is killing it out here and it’s an honor to just be in her presence!

Faith Crittenden, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and recently received her Masters of Public Health from Yale School of Public Health with a concentration in Health Policy Class of 2021, 2020 respectfully. She is the Past National Liaison for the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) to American Medical Association-Medical Student Section (AMA-MSS). She has worked on passing resolution ideas such as Racism is a Public Health Crisis, Combating Natural Hair Discrimination and Cultural Headwear Discrimination in Medicine and Medical Professionalism and more much. In 2014, she graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, minor in Molecular and Cell Biology with Honors. She is also a 2010 Gates Millenium Scholar. After graduating from medical school, Faith would like to pursue a career in Pediatrics.

Currently she hosts Coloring Health Policy podcast, which centers on topics highlighting how health policy impacts minority communities. During her freetime, she enjoys cooking, spending time with family, and traveling .