Najeia Mention joined NASHP in 2014. As part of the Population Health Team, Najeia works on various projects related to mental health, oral health, healthy child development, Medicaid, health equity, and health system transformation. Previously, Najeia was selected to participate in the Summer Public Health Scholars Program (SPHSP) at Columbia University. Throughout the duration of the program, she worked as a Research Assistant in the Sociomedical Sciences department at the Mailman School of Public Health, supporting research on the impact of energy efficiency interventions on the health and finances of low-income populations. She also interned for the Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center where she worked on projects aimed at eliminating racial health inequities such as the Get Health Information Project (HIP). Najeia earned a BA in Community Health and American Studies, with a minor in Africana Studies from Tufts University.