Dr. Zenobia Harris is the Executive Director of the Arkansas Birthing Project, a mentoring and empowerment program that connects local community volunteers with pregnant women to promote the growth and birth of healthier babies to women of color. She is also a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Program Alumna. Her research project involves utilizing technology to improve the education and training of the Association to Birthing Project volunteer mentors. Zenobia has also been active on the national level, advocating for health equity and for improvements to maternal, child and family health. She is immediate past president of the national Association of Public Health Nurses. She is interested in community based participatory and collaborative models which improve health outcomes in communities of color.