I am Anas Khurshid Nabil, currently a graduate assistant and Ph.D. student in the Health Education Program at the Department of Health Behavior of the School of Public Health at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. I completed an MPH and MSPH in health services policy and management from the University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health and Texas A&M University School of Public Health, respectively. My doctoral research focuses on addiction psychology, social epidemiology, national and state health policies associated with substance use behaviors, health promotion, and preventive social and behavioral health interventions involving adolescents and young adults. I have a long history of being proudly affiliated with APHA and the Student Assembly. I joined the American Public Health Association as an active student member in 2020 and, in 2021, initially got involved with the Student Assembly's volunteer positions (Campus Liaison and Membership Ambassador). Subsequently, I was promoted to External Relations Committee Co-Chair (2021-2022), later elected as Treasurer-Elect (2022-2023) and Treasurer (2023-2024), and led the Finance Workgroup Committee at the Student Assembly Executive Leadership Council. In addition, I served as a Student Liaison (2021-2022) at APHA's Human Rights Forum. In previous years, I presented research posters and served as an abstract and film reviewer at the APHA Annual Meeting and Expo and the Public Health Film Festival. Strategic efforts and supportive internal and external relationships are critical to cultivating and advancing organizational effectiveness, transdisciplinary collaboration, system interventions, diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice. Therefore, I see myself as a strong advocate for epidemiological research, public health policy, and health equity to address pressing health issues at the national and state levels.