Milimo arrived on campus in the fall of 2019 with an already decorated academic record. She was the first Zambian to be awarded the Atlas Corps Fellowship in 2016, and she was also a recipient of the prestigious Barbara Bush’s Global Health Corps Fellowship award in 2014. She started her studies as a graduate assistant at the Center for Violence Prevention, but the image of the collapsing pregnant woman never went away. In the coming semesters, she plans to focus her work on bringing transformative changes to vulnerable populations.

“My passion is women and girls and trying to see how we can work through the inequalities women face and bring them public health access to empower women,” Milimo said. Her interests fit seamlessly with the women’s and gender studies program, which focuses on creating social change through a firm scholarly foundation.

Learn more about Phales' academic journey and her inspirational story at her InsideUNI's story titled "UNI student seeks to bridge the healthcare gender gap."