Amanda Stephenson serves the DMV, addressing disparities in health, food, housing, and income. She was a community health innovator in residence at Sibley Memorial Hospital, was an innovator spotlighted at the 2019 Chesapeake Bay Food Summit, and even won Catholic University’s grand prize for her vision developing a D.C.-focused response to the openIDEO/Rockefeller Foundation Food System Challenge. She owns The Fresh Food Factory Market, which disrupts food insecurities and creates equitable access and opportunities for underserved residents to have access to healthy and ethnic foods as medicine and provides wellness education to ensure that everyone can make informed decisions about their diet and overall health.