Morgan graduated from the Brown School at WashU with a Master of Social Work in 2022 and holds an LMSW. They have worked in community and clinical settings as a social worker for BJC Hospice and in national advocacy at SAGE USA (Advocacy and Services for LGBTQ+ Elders) as a research coordinator, where they supported research initiatives aimed at improving services and support for LGBTQ+ older adults. Committed to health equity in end-of-life and elder care, Morgan’s research interests center on the end-of-life needs, wishes, and challenges faced by marginalized patients and their caregivers, with a focus on LGBTQ+ patients and patients without informal care support (such as family caregivers). They are especially interested in the application of digital technologies in end-of-life and elder care to support advance care planning and caregiving needs and related ethical issues and policy implications. Morgan aims to promote interventions that improve the care continuum from serious illness to end-of-life care and support equitable and compassionate care systems.

Haeun Kim (she/her) earned her BA in Child Studies and Educational Psychology from Seoul Women’s University and her MA in Social Welfare from Ewha Womans University. During graduate school, she worked on research related to child development, poverty, and juvenile justice, building skills in both qualitative and quantitative methods. She later worked as a foster care case manager, where she supported children and families through mentoring, reunification, and adoption and saw up close the challenges within the child protection system. To better understand and address these gaps, she joined the National Center for the Rights of the Child in South Korea, where she helped carry out national research and brought children’s perspectives into policy discussions. Drawing on her experience in both practice and research, she seeks to advance child welfare systems through evidence-informed policy and practice that prioritize the rights and well-being of children.

Yutian is a licensed social worker in China and holds an MSW from Zhejiang University. His research primarily focuses on understanding and addressing mental and behavioral health disparities faced by LGBTQIA+ communities. He is passionate about developing evidence-based interventions that challenge discrimination, violence, and stigma within LGBTQIA+ populations. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Journal of Adolescence, and the British Journal of Social Work.

Jenika Scott is a scholar-practitioner whose work bridges social development, public health, international development, and social justice through culturally grounded research, evaluation, and innovation. She holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan and recently served as the Scholar-in-Residence at the Africana Institute at Essex County College. Her research draws from fieldwork in Brazil, India, and with immigrant and refugee communities in the United States, centering the lived experiences of marginalized populations particularly in Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Global South. Jenika uses Afrocentric, Indigenous, and participatory methodologies to co-create transformative, equity-focused solutions, and is also exploring the role of emerging technologies such as AI and human-computer interaction in advancing community-based learning and health equity.

Zeynep holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Sociology from Istanbul Åžehir University and a Masters in Clinical Psychology from Koç University in Türkiye. She also has experience in research project management through her previous role as a Projects Finance Senior Specialist. Her research interests center on the social determinants of mental health among forcibly displaced populations, as well as the development of culturally sensitive and scalable mental health interventions for at-risk communities. Zeynep’s previous work has focused on the cultural adaptation, implementation, and scalability of mental health interventions. She is particularly interested in working with youth, with the goal of investigating the factors that contribute to the successful implementation of evidence-based mental health interventions to enhance the well-being of displaced youth and their families.

Anwesha is a queer-feminist social worker from India, committed to working for and with women and girls, especially those who are survivors of violence. She has been leading a community-based organization in India since the past two years, combining on-ground direct work with communities with regional and national advocacy. She writes extensively, and grounds herself through music and movement.