Meghan Ritz grew up in Northern Virginia and attended Virginia Tech for undergraduate studies in Biochemistry. She spent several years in Boston working in genetic research, followed by a move further up the coast to Portland, Maine to become involved in a tissue banking program as a research coordinator. After earning a Master’s of Health Science in Physician Assistant studies at Quinnipiac University in New Haven, Connecticut, Meghan and her husband moved to the high desert of northwest New Mexico to begin a career in family medicine with the Indian Health Service. She has worked at Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico for three years and following her National Health Service Corps obligation, she remains committed to continuing her service in providing care for communities on Navajo Nation. Meghan is thrilled to have the opportunity to work alongside HEAL fellows and is excited to learn new skills that will allow her to impact the health outcomes for the communities she serves on a larger scale. She is also excited to learn more about global health and recognizes the parallels in health disparities that exists in underserved communities in this country and internationally from her experiences in her career and as a PA student participating on a medical mission in the Dominican Republic. Meghan was a site fellow at Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico.