Michelle Stuart (she/ela/ella) is a Program Officer under Community Health Grantmaking at HRiA. As an experienced project manager, analyst, and community organizer she prioritizes equitable grantmaking practices across all her projects and works to ensure that racism and lived experiences of oppression are being addressed, while communities are given the resources and platform they need to progress. Michelle has a BA in Psychology with a background in qualitative research and a specific focus on race relations within the context of higher education and healthcare. She also has several years of experience working in the non-profit sector across the Greater Boston Area, with a focus on BIPOC community engagement and coalition building while centering a trauma-informed lens.