Nepantla Canizzo, MPH

ABSN student, Manning College of Nursing & Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Boston

Nepantla Canizzo, MPH (they/elle/we) has ten years of experience working with marginalized communities, five of which were in public and community health. They organize for a variety of intersectional human rights and offer training and support to diversity initiatives and liberation efforts. Currently an ABSN student at the University of Massachusetts Boston, Nepantla’s research interests center 2SLGBTQAI+ populations with a focus on BIPOC, immigrant, disabled, and unhoused communities. They are interested in addressing structural and interpersonal racism and discrimination, and mental health inequities through a liberatory lens and praxis. Nepantla is a member of the Harvard SOGIE Collaborative and the founder of the Harvard Chan Intersex and Trans Justice Student Society. Nepantla earned their MPH in Health and Social Behavior at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with a certificate in Women, Gender, and Health. During their free time Nepantla enjoys community hikes and advocating for a world where intersex, transgender, migrant, and other marginalized communities can experience bodily autonomy and joy.

Representative Publications

1. Canizzo N. Decentering Whiteness in Trans and Intersex Studies. International Trans Studies Conference, September 2024, Evanston, IL.
2. Canizzo N. Black Intersex, Transgender, and Gender Diverse Communities and Their Resistance. International (Inter) Disciplinary Bodies Conference, June 2024, London, UK.
3. Quint M, Canizzo N, Bhasin S, Coon D, Reisner S. What is the most important thing you want providers to know? Responses from the Transgender Health Equity Study. UCSF National Transgender Health Summit, May 2023, San Francisco, CA.

Contact
ncanizzo@hsph.harvard.edu

ncanizzo@outlook.com