Giselle Valarezo as the QHS EDIIA Initiatives Director manages and guides the initiatives implemented by the Office of Equity and Social Accountability and the Office of Indigenous Health. She is also adjunct faculty in the Bachelor of Health Sciences program teaching a course on Racism and Health in Canada. She has a PhD from Queen's University with a focus on transnational migration and social justice. In addition to being a Latina research, educator, and activist, she is also a mother to two boys.