Deborah (Omowunmi) Chat Dauda

Deborah ( Omowunmi) Chat Dauda is a mother, educator, researcher, dancer, and activist with a keen interest and passion for the progress of African and African-Diaspora communities on matters relating to education, birth justice, social inclusion, mental health, maternal/child health, peace-building, youth development, and the creative arts. She has a knack for finding common ground in unfamiliar places/situations. She uses this unique skill to bring people together and to create brave/safe spaces for networking, collaboration, and ideation. Deborah has worked and volunteered with organizations in the West/East Africa, South America, South Asia, and the United States, as a consultant, coordinator, writer, and choreographer.

Her educational background includes graduate degrees in Public Health (MPH) and African Studies (MA) and an undergraduate degree in International Development Studies (BA) from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is a Fulbright Scholar, an NIH HBNU Fogarty Fellow at Harvard University School of Public Health, and a PhD Candidate in the School for Global Inclusion and Social Development (SGISD) at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

When she is not working, she is keeping up with her vivacious children, cooking, playing soccer, designing costumes, and brainstorming/ mapping out ideas on how to make Africa’s social, political, and economic sovereignty a reality.