Biography
Moni is coming to Reach from the Social Justice Education Department at OISE, having previously worked on the Translational Research Program at the Faculty of Medicine. Moni has more than ten years of experience working for leading development organizations to mobilize international partnerships with civil society, academic institutions, government and private stakeholders. These collaborations involved scaling up local and global responses to HIV prevention and treatment efforts in sixteen of the hardest-hit countries of sub-Saharan Africa and expanding innovative youth entrepreneurship among the world’s most marginalized communities. She also contributed to a range of critical public health work with indigenous peoples, incarcerated populations in Canada, North Korean refugees, and elderly seniors living in extreme poverty in Uganda. Moni holds a Master of Public Health from Dalla Lana School and a certificate in International Development from the Coady International Institute at St. Francis Xavier University.