She is a former Health Scientist at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who is first and foremost grounded in her cultural identity as a Ghanaian-American and embraces additional intersectional facets of being a wife and mom in her work. She is a former board member who is now a member of the Education Council at Academy Health, author of a children’s book, poet, and consultant. As a speaker and facilitator, Dr. Attipoe-Dorcoo has presented at several conferences, published several articles, chairs and serves as an advisor for a number of entities, and facilitated a number of trainings. The vision for her work is deeply rooted in culturally responsive and equitable indigenous tools for co-designing work with communities, which she has manifested by leading both national and international research and evaluation projects. Dr. Attipoe-Dorcoo is a member of the Advancing Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation Network and has a certificate in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from the University of South Florida. She is a polyglot, visionary, strategist, builder, designer, leader, and weaver who disrupts dominant narratives by encouraging thought leadership that centers marginalized perspectives and embraces authentic purpose-driven being. |