Deja Love

About Deja Love

I have a passion for impact driven work and a heart for people. My work in Housing, Health Care, Fitness, and Crisis Counseling inform my intrinsic desire for others to enjoy and appreciate life. My strengths in discipline, focus, executing, and resolving are used to serve my community. When others engage with me, I want them to feel-Included, warm, invited, and welcomed-Challenged to think in a different way-Uncomfortable with the status quo-A Lingering impression to accept a diversity of thought.Key Skills And Qualifications:•Master of Public Health, Community Health & Development and the Socio-Contextual Determinants of Health.•Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.•8+ years of experience in Project Management: planning, implementing, and setting priorities for programs and services; 5 of those years were in low resource setting. •Lead teams of up to 150 staff, including physicians, teachers, and doctoral students.

Experience

1. Health Policy Research Scholars Program

   RWJF

   Oct 2025 — Present

   This leadership development program supports doctoral students in applying my research to advance health and equity-Over the next four years, I will learn from research and health policy experts and connect with a cohort of talented scholars from across the nation-Utilize my Applied Sociology and Social Justice research to shape policies that create a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right.

Education

• Lincoln University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Human Services

  2002 — 2006

• University of the District of Columbia

  PMP (Project Management Professional)

  2019

• Morgan State University

  PhD, Applied Sociology and Social Justice, Concentration in Advanced Applied Sociology Methods

• Emory University

  Master of Public Health (MPH), Global Community Health and Development (Social Determinants of Health)

  2013 — 2015

• United States International University - Africa

  Psychology

  2005 — 2005

Skills

• Healthcare
• Policy Analysis
• Data Analysis
• Policy
• Proposal Writing
• Organizational Leadership
• Acsm Certified Personal Trainer
• Grants
• Spss
• Acsm
• Customer Service
• Fundraising
• Community Engagement
• Public Speaking
• Project Coordination
• Event Planning
• Highly Detail Oriented
• Crisis Counselling
• Community Outreach
• Community Development
• Public Health Education
• Community Health
• Writing
• Community Organizing
• Program Evaluation
• Program Development
• Management
• Mentoring
• Nonprofits
• Strategic Planning
• Socio-Contextual Determinants of Health
• Public Policy
• Nutrition
• Leadership
• Grant Writing
• Community Needs Assessment
• Volunteer Management
• Training
• Teaching
• Health Education