Elijah St Martin

Elijah St Martin is a BA/MPH candidate from New Orleans, Louisiana, majoring in Sociology with a certificate in Education Studies. Their academic and professional interests center on health equity, education access, and the social determinants of health, particularly in how these forces shape outcomes for marginalized communities. At Yale, Elijah conducts public health research with the KaCHANGE Lab, engages in policy-oriented initiatives through the Yale Policy Institute, and participates in community-based programming as a Dwight Hall Urban Fellow with Project Access–New Haven. They are especially passionate about work that connects scholarship to real-world change in areas such as healthcare access, education reform, and social justice.