Meghan Lopez DNP FNP BC (She / Her)

Dynamic strategic leader, creative thought partner, and hands-on problem solver Builder of durable solutions through locally-led systems strengthening, sustainable evidence-based approaches Dedicated to collaborative participatory processes to empower teams and promote staff wellbeing Humanitarian and Family Nurse Practitioner, Doctor of Nursing Practice over 20 years of experience in the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean, and worldwide Meghan received her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Johns Hopkins University implementing a violence prevention project in communities impacted by gangs in El Salvador in collaboration with UNICEF: “Setting up for Success: Breaking Transgenerational Experience of violence by Supporting Positive Parenting Interventions for Caregivers Impacted by Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs)”. Meghan has previously lived and worked in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Paraguay, studied in Morocco and Haiti, had assignments in across the Americas and Caribbean as well as in China, Ghana, and the Philippines, and led humanitarian and development programming through the Americas. Meghan served as an NGO representative to the United Nations in New York. In 2017 Meghan received Johns Hopkins University’s Global Achievement Award and in 2019 she received the Johns Hopkins Innovation in Health Research Award for her doctoral work.