Kayla Hunter is a junior Environmental Studies major with a public health minor at Spelman College. Being born in New Jersey’s largest urban city, she has become passionate about minority health and environmental justice. Studying public health at Morehouse College has opened her eyes to the ways in which environment impacts health and this has fueled her motivation to pursue a Master’s and PhD in Public Health Policy. Kayla is greatly honored to be conducting research on the sociological effects of poverty through the UCD-SPREE program.