Vanessa Ayafor is a Project Research Assistant with the Black Women’s First initiative. She is a member of the Evaluation and Technical Assistance Provider (ETAP) team and assists in planning activities, taking notes, and providing all other assistance to the Project Manager when needed. Vanessa is currently an MPH student at UMass Lowell with 04 years of clinical experience as a certified Medical Doctor in Cameroon, providing HIV care to patients, Coordinating Gender-based Violence, and leading the Fight against Malaria program in mission and government health institutions. According to Vanessa, the best gift to humanity is adequate health care.