Mary Leung (she/her) has been a midwife since graduating from University of Illinois at Chicago in 2017 and since then has worked in under-resourced communities, mostly at PCC Community Wellness on Chicago’s west side.  In 2023, she also started working as a clinical instructor at UIC College of Nursing.  She received her Doctor of Nursing Practice in 2025 from Frontier Nursing University after implementing a quality improvement initiative aimed at improving late postpartum mood care at PCC.  She believes in health equity, reproductive justice, and increasing access to the excellent care that midwives provide in all healthcare settings.  Equitable care also means access to concordant care for patients from populations that historically have faced discriminatory practices in healthcare which means reducing barriers to midwifery education for people of color and other marginalized communities.  She identifies as a midwife of color, and her practice includes a strong focus on psychiatric and emotional health.  In the past, she served on the ACNM Illinois Affiliate board as the student representative and a member of the nominating committee.