Uma Gaddamanugu is a fourth-year medical student at East Carolina University (ECU) who is passionate about health equity and reproductive justice. Her interest in maternal health advocacy took root during her undergraduate studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied Health Policy & Management. As an undergrad, she volunteered as a birth doula and spent several summers collaborating with a non-governmental organization in rural India, where she taught menstrual hygiene workshops to local high school students and helped establish a community health clinic. Uma was awarded the Brody Scholarship, a full-tuition merit scholarship, to attend medical school. As a medical student, she received the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship to establish Eastern North Carolina's first volunteer doula program at ECU Health Medical Center, the region's sole provider of high-risk perinatal care. The program provided free birth support to over 260 laboring patients in its first year, earning Uma the NC Governor's Award for Volunteer Service. She is also working on a quality improvement project to address food insecurity at ECU’s high-risk obstetrics clinic and is a member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. After completing her MPH and medical degree, Uma plans to pursue a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology. She aspires to build a career dedicated to advancing reproductive justice and improving maternal health outcomes in underserved communities by working at the intersections of healthcare, policy, and community-based advocacy.