Kaitlyn is Native American from the Navajo Tribe and is currently attending Northern Arizona University (NAU). She has just completed her first year in NAU’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program. Her interest in global health and health equity originated from growing up on the Navajo Reservation and her clinical experience within her community as a nursing assistant and while in the nursing program. In 2018, she was selected by the Minority Health & Health Disparities International Research Training (MHIRT) Program as a student researcher in which she spent two months in New Zealand conducting diabetic heart research in Dunedin Hospital’s Department of Medicine. In June 2019, she attended and co-presented about Indigenous Knowledge and Health Sovereignty at the fourth annual Social Medicine Consortium Conference in Jaltenango de la Paz, Mexico. These opportunities and experiences have deepened her interest in health equity and she hopes to use the knowledge and connections she has made to benefit her Native people. She has a deep love and respect for Indigenous populations and believes that the diversity in nursing allows her to best serve her people by being a conduit – bridging knowledge from the health field with cultural wisdom and clinical knowledge to provide patient-centered care. Upon obtaining her BSN, she intends to gain quality work experience and return to the Navajo Reservation, or another under-served Native community, to provide culturally-sensitive care to her patients.