Rabita Aziz covers policy and budget issues as well as global health events around DC for Science Speaks and is Policy Research Coordinator for the Center for Global Health Policy.She designed Science Speaks’ updated layout, coordinates the center’s social media efforts, and deciphers byzantine federal budget issues.Aziz became interested in global health after volunteering with a public health NGO that served the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh. She studied international affairs and political science at the George Washington University, and is currently pursuing an MPH at George Washington University.