“Public health is a powerful tool to level that playing field, to bend the arc of our country away from distrust and disparities and back towards equity and justice.” Nikhil Reddy, a freshman at Stanford University, is a first-year Youth Advisory Council member from Dallas, Texas. His passion for health policy and equity stems from a combination of deep-seated personal experiences, research undertakings at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and UT Southwestern, as well as policy discourse cultivated as a national champion in Public Forum debate. Through creating and establishing national platforms promoting educational and environmental stewardship, Nikhil appreciates the importance of holistic approaches to public health challenges. As part of the SBHA Youth Advisory Council, Nikhil hopes to bridge the gap between youth perspectives and the healthcare policy-making process.