Deeya Majeed

Deeya Majeed is a community and global public health student at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC Chapel Hill, where she is also pursuing minors in chemistry and biology. She founded the nonprofit Break the Silence, which leads monthly educational programs and develops age-appropriate curricula on healthy relationships, intimate partner violence prevention, and sexual abuse awareness for community organizations. Majeed holds an EMT Basic certification with training in pre-hospital emergency care, patient assessment, trauma management, and care of special populations, as well as FEMA ICS100, ICS200, ICS700, and ICS800 credentials. Her involvement includes membership in the Love is Respect National Adult Alliance and National Youth Council, participation in the Carolina Impact Fellowship conducting research on the housing crisis and its effects on domestic violence victims, founding the UNC Women and Gender Studies Club, volunteering with Kids in Nutrition to create educational presentations, and serving as an undergraduate volunteer at the Student Health Action Coalition providing health services to underserved populations. Growing up in an immigrant household as an Urdu speaker who learned English in school has contributed to her empathy and understanding of diverse backgrounds, which informs her work in public health and advocacy.