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Accessibility Advocacy for the MTA
Quemuel “Q” Arroyo (MPA 2020) joined the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in 2021 as the organization's first agency-wide Chief Accessibility Officer. In this capacity, Arroyo leads the implementation of policies, initiatives, and programs that reimagine and advance accessibility throughout the organization.

Equity in Education
Jennifer Curry (MPA 2007) is getting social impact organizations the funding and training they need in order to thrive. Her journey as a first-generation Latinx college student inspired her to invest in public partnerships that accelerate educational equity for everyone through her organization, Change Impact.

Economic justice with equitable credit
As co-founder of founded Esusu, a financial equity platform that leverages technology to report residents’ on-time rent payments, Wemimo Abbey (MPA 2015) is driving economic justice by creating a more equitable credit building system.
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📢 Health Equity Today: The Place Principle at NYU Wagner
On February 7, 2025, NYU Wagner hosted its annual Health Equity Today event, exploring how geographic location impacts healthcare access and health outcomes.
Moderated by Giovanney Mendoza, NYU Wagner Online MHA student, the panel featured Dr. Olubenga Ogedegbe, MD, MPH, Director of the Institute for Excellence in Health Equity at NYU Langone Health, and Dr. Lynn Mertz, PhD, MUP, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor for Global Thought Leadership – Health Equity at AARP.
The discussion examined how health disparities exist even within neighboring zip codes, affecting factors such as access to healthcare, nutritious food, prescriptions, and community resources.
Read more at wagner.nyu.edu/news.