Team

Who we are.

Grace and Dr. Alinda Nyamaizi lead complementary practice in participatory research, evaluation, and global capacity building — with graduate training, years of fieldwork, and a shared commitment to communities at the center of the work.

Co-founders

Meet the founders.

Two researchers, one partnership — rigorous methods, relational practice, and work shaped by the places and people we learn from.

Portrait of Grace Myers, co-founder of PazNia Health

Grace Myers, MPH

Co-founder · Research, evaluation & participatory methods (she/her)

MPH, Health Equity · UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health · North Carolina

Grace partners with NGOs, health departments, and community organizations in North Carolina and internationally on participatory research and program evaluation — with a focus on designs where communities shape the questions and what findings mean.

Photovoice & participatory research
Program evaluation
Youth engagement
Grant writing & knowledge translation

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Dr. Alinda Nyamaizi

Co-founder · Maternal, child & family health research (she/her)

PhD, Maternal & Child Health (UNC Gillings) · MPH (Tulane) · North Carolina

Dr. Nyamaizi designs, implements, and evaluates programs that advance maternal, child, youth, and family health — drawing on systematic reviews, qualitative and mixed-methods research, and knowledge translation across 6+ countries.

Systematic reviews & mixed-methods research
Multi-country capacity building
Maternal, child & youth health
Policy briefs & dissemination

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