Meet Kene Orakwue

Kene Orakwue MPH (she/her) is a Health Services Research, Policy & Administration doctoral student at the University of Minnesota- Twin Cities. She received her MPH with a concentration in Health Policy & Management, her B.S. in Public Health Sciences with a focus area in Global Women's Health, and a certificate in Reproductive Health, Rights & Justice from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.   Kene is a reproductive justice and health equity scholar. She is fascinated by how our social structures and policies deny or grant access to, and quality of, health for specific populations. She believes health disparities are an intentional product of white supremacy and that maternal child health statistics can be indicators of population-level health. Guided by Black feminism theory, reproductive justice, and other critical frameworks, she strives to put her research into practice, and create a better world.   In her free time, you can find Kene spending time with family and friends, her German Shepherd- Zazu, or staying active.