:Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman

Opoku-Agyeman was born in Kumasi, Ghana, and moved to the United States as a child.{{cite news|title=Meet Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, Co-Founder and CEO of the Sadie Collective|url=http://gubausa.com/2019/06/meet-anna-gifty-opoku-agyeman-co-founder-and-ceo-of-the-sadie-collective/|work=GUBA Awards|date=June 2019|language=en|access-date=June 5, 2020|archive-date=August 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809223334/http://gubausa.com/2019/06/meet-anna-gifty-opoku-agyeman-co-founder-and-ceo-of-the-sadie-collective/|url-status=dead}}

Opoku-Agyeman graduated from St. John's Parish Day School in Ellicott City, Maryland in 2007,{{cite news|title=Awesome Alumni Alert!|url=https://www.stjohnspds.org/apps/news/article/1045200|work=St. John's Parish Day School|date=May 17, 2019|language=en}} and from Glenelg Country School, also in Ellicott City, in 2014.{{cite news|title=Glenelg Country School Class of 2014|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/howard/ph-ho-cf-grad14-glenelg-country-0612-20140606-story.html|work=Baltimore Sun|date=June 7, 2014}} In 2019, she earned a B.A. in mathematics with a minor in economics from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).{{cite news|last1=Cheryl|title=Profile: Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, Research Scholar in Economics & Co-Founder of The Sadie Collective|url=https://werepstem.com/2020/04/22/profile-anna-gifty-opoku-agyeman-research-scholar-in-economics-co-founder-of-the-sadie-collective/|work=We Rep STEM|date=April 22, 2020|language=en-CA}} As an undergraduate, Opoku-Agyeman was a Meyerhoff Scholar and NIH MARC U*STAR Scholar, and was enrolled in the UMBC Honors College.{{cite news|last1=Dansberger Duque|first1=Catalina Sofia|title=The Power of Community|url=https://magazine.umbc.edu/the-power-of-community/|work=UMBC Magazine|date=June 17, 2019}}{{cite web|title=Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman|url=https://www.epi.org/people/anna-gifty-opoku-agyeman/|work=Economic Policy Institute|access-date=June 6, 2020}}{{cite news|title=BSOS Welcomes 2017 Summer Research Initiative Scholars|url=https://bsos.umd.edu/featured-content/bsos-welcomes-2017-summer|work=University of Maryland - College of Behavioral and Social Sciences|date=2017}}

After graduating from college, Opoku-Agyeman attended the American Economic Association’s summer training program, which aims to increase diversity in economics "by preparing talented undergraduates for doctoral programs in economics and related disciplines".{{cite web |title=AEA Summer and Scholarship Programs|url=https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/aeasp |website=AEA Summer and Scholarship Programs |publisher=American Economic Association |accessdate=30 June 2020}} She then spent the 2019–2020 academic year enrolled in the Harvard University Research Scholar Initiative postbaccalaureate program. While Opoku-Agyeman was in the Harvard postbaccalaureate program, she was a research assistant to an economics professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education{{cite news|last1=Hasenstab|first1=Maria|last2=Opoku-Agyeman|first2=Anna|last3=Traore|first3=Fanta|date=September 18, 2019|title=Anna Opoku-Agyeman and Fanta Traore|work=Women in Economics|publisher=Federal Reserve of St. Louis|url=https://www.stlouisfed.org/timely-topics/women-in-economics/opoku-agyeman-and-traore|access-date=2020-06-05}} and was affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research.{{cite news|last1=Cook|first1=Lisa D.|last2=Opoku-Agyeman|first2=Anna Gifty|last3=Bhattacharya|first3=Jhumpa|date=September 1, 2019|title=Episode 27: Dr. Lisa D. Cook and Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman|language=en-US|work=Insight|url=https://insightcced.org/episode-27-dr-lisa-d-cook-and-anna-gifty-opoku-agyeman/}} She is currently a doctoral student in Public Policy and Economics at the Harvard Kennedy School{{Cite web|title=Black Agenda: A conversation with Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman : The Indicator from Planet Money|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/02/03/1078038540/black-agenda-a-conversation-with-anna-gifty-opoku-agyeman|access-date=2022-02-04|website=NPR.org|language=en}} as a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow,{{cite web |title=National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) |url=https://www.research.gov/grfp/AwardeeList.do?method=sort&page=48|website=Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) |publisher=National Science Foundation}} a Ford Foundation Graduate Fellow,{{cite web |title=Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs|url=https://nrc58.nas.edu/FordFellows20/ExtRpts/PressReleaseRoster.aspx?RptMode=AW&CompYr=2021|website=National Academy of Sciences |publisher=National Academy of Sciences}} and a Women and Public Policy Program Doctoral Fellow.{{Cite web |title=Meet Our Research Fellows |url=https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/wappp/research/research-fellowship-program/research-fellows |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=www.hks.harvard.edu |language=en}} In 2023, she was among those selected for Forbes 30 Under 30 Local Boston class.{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Forbes Under 30 |title=30 Under 30 Local 2023: Boston |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesunder30team/2023/08/09/30-under-30-local-2023-boston/ |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=Forbes |language=en}}

In 2018, Opoku-Agyeman and Fanta Traore co-founded a nonprofit organization called the Sadie Collective, which aims to increase the number of Black women working in quantitative data fields, including economics, data science, and public policy.{{cite news|last1=Casselman|first1=Ben|last2=Tankersley|first2=Jim|last3=Smialek|first3=Jeanna|title=A Year After a #MeToo Reckoning, Economists Still Grapple With It|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/business/economy/economics-race-gender.html|work=The New York Times|date=January 7, 2020}}{{Cite news|date=2021-03-20|title=The Two Women Fixing the Pipeline for Black Female Economists|language=en|work=Bloomberg.com|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-20/the-two-women-fixing-the-pipeline-for-black-female-economists|access-date=2021-04-25}} The collective offers mentorship and hosts programming, including the annual Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Conference for Economics and Related Fields.{{cite news|last1=Dansberger Duque|first1=Catalina Sofia|title=UMBC students Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman and Olusayo Adeleye co-create 1st U.S. conference for Black women economists|url=https://news.umbc.edu/1st-sadie-alexander-conference/|work=UMBC News|date=March 6, 2019|language=en-US}}{{cite news|last1=Dansberger Duque|first1=Catalina Sofia|title=Inside the Conference for Black Women Economists|url=https://msmagazine.com/2019/04/02/the-new-faces-of-finance-inside-the-conference-for-black-women-economists/|work=Ms. Magazine|date=April 2, 2019}} Opoku-Agyeman served as the CEO of the organization until March 2021.{{cite news|last1=Omeokwe|first1=Amara|title=Economics Profession Turns Attention to its 'Race Problem'|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/economics-profession-turns-attention-to-its-race-problem-11577974899|work=Wall Street Journal|date=January 3, 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Advisory Board|url=https://www.sadiecollective.org/board|access-date=2021-04-25|website=The Sadie Collective|language=en}} Several of her published works and media features, which advocate for the advancement and inclusion of black women in economics, have been the result of collaboration with Lisa D. Cook, the first African American woman and first woman of color to sit on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. {{cite news|last1=Opoku-Agyeman|first1=Anna Gifty|title=It Was a Mistake for Me to Choose This Field|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/opinion/economics-black-women.html|work=New York Times|date=September 30, 2019}}{{cite news|last1=Garcia|first1=Cardiff|title=The Indicator from Planet Money: How Economics Excludes Black Women|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/12/18/789555694/how-economics-excludes-black-women|work=NPR|date=December 18, 2019|language=en}}

In 2020, Opoku-Agyeman co-founded and co-organized Black Birders Week, a series of online events organized to highlight and celebrate Black birders, naturalists, and outdoor enthusiasts.{{cite news|title=#BlackBirdersWeek aims to raise awareness, grow community|url=https://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/news/birdwatching/blackbirdersweek-aims-to-raise-awareness-grow-community/|work=BirdWatchingDaily|date=May 29, 2020|language=en-US}}{{cite news|last1=Kutz|first1=Cat|title=#BlackBirdersWeek: Celebrating and Encouraging Diversity in Conservation|url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/conservation-commons/2020/06/04/blackbirdersweek-celebrating-and-encouraging-diversity-conservation/|work=Smithsonian Magazine|date=June 4, 2020|language=en}}{{cite news|last1=Calma|first1=Justine|title=How one viral video sparked a black birders movement online|url=https://www.theverge.com/21279801/viral-video-christian-cooper-black-birders-week-protests|website=The Verge|date=June 4, 2020|language=en}}{{cite news|last1=Thompson|first1=Andrea|title=Black Birders Call Out Racism, Say Nature Should Be for Everyone|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/black-birders-call-out-racism-say-nature-should-be-for-everyone/|work=Scientific American|date=June 5, 2020|language=en}} Her aim was to improve the visibility of Black people in non-stereotypical situations,{{cite news|title=These Black nature lovers are busting stereotypes, one cool bird at a time|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/us/black-birders-week-black-in-stem-christian-cooper-scn-trnd/index.html|website=CNN|date=June 3, 2020|language=en}} and to advocate for science organizations to give Black people the platform and resources to engage in engagement and outreach activities.{{cite news|last1=Bale|first1=Rachael|title=Everyone can watch the birds|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/newsletters/animals/2020/06/everyone-can-watch-birds-june-04/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607030723/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/newsletters/animals/2020/06/everyone-can-watch-birds-june-04/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 7, 2020|website=National Geographic|date=June 4, 2020|language=en}}{{cite news|last1=Cat|first1=Linh Anh|title=Opening The Outdoors: Inaugural Black Birders Week|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/linhanhcat/2020/06/01/inaugural-black-birders-week/|website=Forbes|date=June 1, 2020|language=en}} Additionally, the inaugural Black Birders Week produced content in collaboration with the National Audubon Society and the Monterey Bay Aquarium.{{cite news|title=#BlackBirdersWeek: Black People Belong In The Great Outdoors Too|url=https://www.wbaa.org/post/blackbirdersweek-black-people-belong-great-outdoors-too|work=WBAA.org|date=June 1, 2020}}

• {{cite journal|last1=Campbell|first1=Petreena S.|last2=Mavingire|first2=Nicole|last3=Khan|first3=Salma|last4=Rowland|first4=Leah K.|last5=Wooten|first5=Jonathan V.|last6=Opoku-Agyeman|first6=Anna|last7=Guevara|first7=Ashley|last8=Soto|first8=Ubaldo|last9=Cavalli|first9=Fiorella|last10=Loaiza-Pérez|first10=Andrea Irene|last11=Nagaraj|first11=Gayathri|last12=Denham|first12=Laura J.|last13=Adeoye|first13=Olayemi|last14=Jenkins|first14=Brittany D.|last15=Davis|first15=Melissa B.|last16=Schiff|first16=Rachel|last17=Brantley|first17=Eileen J.|title=AhR ligand aminoflavone suppresses α6-integrin-Src-Akt signaling to attenuate tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer cells|journal=Journal of Cellular Physiology|volume=234|issue=1|year=2019|pages=108–121|issn=0021-9541|doi=10.1002/jcp.27013|pmid=30076704|pmc=6202151}}[https://surf.umbc.edu/files/2014/03/SURF-Book-2016_Online-Version.pdf Program of the UMBC 19th Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Fest] Hosted by the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences Wednesday, August 10, 2016 shows that this is the same Anna Opoku-Agyeman
• {{cite journal|first1=Anna Gifty|last1=Opoku-Agyeman|title=The Impact of Early Childhood Malaria Risk on the Probability of School Delay in Ghana|journal=UMBC Journal of Undergraduate Research|volume=21|year=2020|page=47|url=https://ur.umbc.edu/files/2020/05/umbcReview_2020.pdf#page=47}}

• "The Black Agenda: Bold Solutions for a Broken System," Edited by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, with foreword by Tressie McMillan Cottom and essayists including Dr. Sandy Darity, Dr. Hedwig Lee, Mary Heglar, and Janelle Jones.{{Cite web|title=The Black Agenda|url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250276872/theblackagenda|access-date=2021-11-11|website=Macmillan|language=en-US}}
• {{cite news|first1=Lisa D.|last1=Cook|first2=Anna Gifty|last2=Opoku-Agyeman|title='It Was a Mistake for Me to Choose This Field'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/opinion/economics-black-women.html|work=The New York Times|date=September 30, 2019}}
• {{cite news|first1=Anna Gifty|last1=Opoku-Agyeman|title=Do black economists matter? The media erasure of black economic voices hurts the hardest-hit communities by the pandemic and society at large|url=https://www.epi.org/blog/do-black-economists-matter-the-media-erasure-of-black-economic-voices-hurts-the-hardest-hit-communities-by-the-pandemic-and-society-at-large/|work=Economic Policy Institute|date=April 13, 2020}}
• {{cite news|first1=Dania|last1=Francis|first2=Anna Gifty|last2=Opoku-Agyeman|title=Economists' Silence on Racism Is 100 Years in the Making|url=https://www.newsweek.com/economists-silence-racism-100-years-making-opinion-1509790|work=Newsweek|date=June 11, 2020}}

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