Swathi Reddy earned her PhD in social work from the University of Texas at Austin and her MA from the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration. Previously, she served on the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin Steve Hicks School of Social Work as data analyst for the Black Mamas Community Collective (Austin, TX) and worked as a clinical practitioner in New York City serving South Asian adolescent and adult survivors of gender-based violence. Swathi’s clinical experience and academic training, together with her strong commitment to strengthening marginalized and underserved communities, have shaped her research agenda for the past few years and continue to do so today. Particularly, she is interested in racial justice, gender equality, and social sustainability, having studied and worked in these areas for more than a decade.