Aishwarya Rao ( Bachelor of Dental Surgery) is a Qualitative Research Assistant with the Human Exploitation and Resilience Initiative at the NYU Marron Institute and a Master of Public Health candidate at NYU School of Global Public Health. Aishwarya is passionate about increasing access to affordable quality health care through evidence based interventions. Her interests include interacting with diverse communities to understand the intersectionality of social behavioral influences on health outcomes. She has worked as a qualitative researcher on projects that investigate sexual assault prevention strategies and impact of racial stressors in relationships.