Ms. Erica Ahmed is a Senior Public Health Consultant with more than 20 years of experience providing an array of health education/prevention services including technical assistance and grant monitoring in health departments in Washington, DC, New York City, and Atlanta, GA to address and reduce health disparities among vulnerable and emerging populations. Recently, Ms. Ahmed has provided consulting services to large corporate entities committing/recommitting to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace given the impact of Mr. George Floyd’s murder and the Black Lives Matter movement. In January 2020, Ms. Ahmed became a co-host on Always Real Talk, a web-based show discussing politics and public health. Lastly, Erica earned a BA in Psychology and an MA in Counseling Psychology from Bowie State University in Bowie, MD. She also has an MS in Health Education from Columbia University in New York, NY.