Evelyn is a third-year Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation resident at the University of Washington. She is originally from Ames, Iowa, and graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in Biology. She received her MD/MPH at the University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, and College of Public Health. She completed a preliminary year at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. She plans on pursuing a fellowship in cancer rehabilitation. Currently, she is on the Careers in Medicine Advisory board, a member of the AAMC's Organization of Resident Representatives, and on the leadership team for the Association of Academic Physiatrists. Outside of medicine, Evelyn loves playing tennis and doing art (collaging, painting, weaving).

Dr. Jennifer Chevinsky is the Deputy Public Health Officer for Riverside County Department of Public Health, an Assistant Clinical Professor of Preventive Medicine at Loma Linda University, and an editor on the American Journal of Preventive Medicine Focus editorial board. She is double boarded in Preventive Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. She joined Riverside County after working for the CDC as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer in the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity. While at CDC, she participated in multiple deployments for the COVID-19 pandemic and was the lead author for the CDC’s Interim Guidance on Post-COVID Conditions, also known as Long COVID. She completed her undergraduate medical education at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, her internship at Lehigh Valley Health Network, and her specialty residency training in Preventive Medicine as well as Master’s degree in Public Health in Population Medicine at Loma Linda University. In Riverside County, Dr. Chevinsky serves as the Medical Advisor for the COVID-19 response, as the TB controller, treating patients with tuberculosis throughout the county, and oversees the Infectious Disease, Community Health Planning & Equity Division. With a passion for improving academic medicine, Dr. Chevinsky currently oversees all undergraduate and graduate medical education programs at the health department. She has been a part of the ORR for over four years, serving previously on the Ad Board and as the previous Chair.

Luis E. Seija, MD is a resident physician in Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. His commitment to equity facilitates his capacity for leadership, which manifests at every level. As an advocate and activist, he pulls from his own experiences to help those who are living the life he once lived.

Active within organized medicine, he creates spaces that center equity and look beyond performative advocacy to determine sustainable policy solutions to affect structural change. He currently sits on the AMA Minority Affairs Section (MAS) Governing Council where he engages his peers by setting an example of the multifaceted role learners and trainees play in the discussion, implementation, and continuity of equitable health policy. As the elected MAS Delegate, he notably championed the adoption of policy leading to the AMA recognizing racism as a public health threat and race as a social construct. He also maintains appointments through the American Academy of Pediatrics and Medical Society of the State of New York.

Dr. Seija traveled extensively during his training, participating in service-learning opportunities throughout Latin America and India, applying lessons learned to his own community. In medical school, he spearheaded the Aggie Health Project, a nationally recognized comprehensive Hepatitis C screening and treatment program to address gaps in available preventative services in Central Texas for Texas A&M University's (TAMU) affiliated student-run free clinic, the first of its kind.

His professional interests include leadership and resiliency development for learners and trainees of color as well as narrative medicine. His utilization of strategic narratives to promote diversity, equity, and humanism is reflected through frequent guest contributions, commentary, and media appearances, such as The Wall Street Journal, BBC, The Guardian, MTV, MedPage Today, and Association of American Medical Colleges.

His efforts are commended across the spectrum and Dr. Seija has been the recipient of several local, state, and national awards, including the National Minority Quality Forum 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health (2021), Mount Sinai Health System Resident of the Month (2021), TAMU Accountability, Climate, & Equity Diversity Service Award (2019), TAMU Margaret C. Rudder Community Service Award (2018), American Medical Association (AMA) Excellence in Medicine Minority Scholar Award (2017), National Hispanic Health Foundation Scholarship (2016), and United Health Foundation Diverse Scholar Award (2016), among others.

Dr. Seija is a native of Austin, Texas and a proud Texan, earning his B.A. in Biochemistry from the University of Texas at Austin and M.D. from Texas A&M University College of Medicine.