Gwendolyn Damestoit is a Ph.D. student in the Public Policy program with a specialization in Emergency Medical Services. She is interested in intersectionality-based mixed methods policy analysis to explore health and socio-economical inequalities in disaster and natural hazards research. Gwendolyn is a UMBC Social Vulnerability and Resilience Lab (SOLVER) graduate research assistant, supporting research that advances policies that reduce disaster-related inequalities. She is also an NOAA EPP/MSI Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Scholar.