MHSA

Amina Dada

Ready to transform healthcare for patients

Amina Dada, MHSA ’25

For Amina Dada, the calling to devote her life to the healthcare profession did not come during a presentation by a high school guidance counselor, or from the desire to follow the footsteps of a relative who is a physician or a nurse. Her inspiration originated much closer to home. As a youth, Dada had watched her parents, immigrants from Pakistan, struggle with the complexities of navigating the healthcare system. Her late father was a two-time heart transplant recipient.

Aries Rutledge

Alumna addresses health disparities through career in public health

Aries Rutledge, BA ’19, MHSA ’23

Aries Rutledge, BA ’19, MHSA ’23, is an Administrative Fellow for MedStar Health, a not-for-profit, community-based healthcare system that has a network of 10 hospitals and 280 specialty, urgent and primary-care locations in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC.

David Fuller Jr.

Achieving health equity is MHSA student's passion

David Fuller Jr.

David Fuller Jr. is a Master of Health Services Administration student who was also the 2022 recipient of the Unsung Hero Award. Through his involvement with Public Health Students of African Descent and his studies, he aims to be a thought leader who makes health equity a reality.