Diya Chowdhury is a third year PhD Candidate from Bangladesh at the School of Public Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo, Canada. After completing her undergraduate degree in Health Studies, she fast-tracked to a Ph D in the field of Gerontology and Geriatric Healthcare. She works with marginalized populations with a specific focus on social and health equity. Diya is driven by her passion to explore ways through which humans can achieve their fullest and truest potentials, while also living a life that provides meaning for her and others. Diya’s interests also lie in looking at the bigger picture in life and seeking out the path of both science and art to answer such questions.