Graduate Ambassador Directory
![Angie Smith](https://live-ua-graduate.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/asmith.jpeg)
Angie Smith
Major: Social Work Ph.D.
UA Involvement: Instructor teaching undergraduate students and a Tide Together peer mentor
Research Interests: Police encounters by exploring the lived experience of Black college students
Hometown:
Email: asmith165@crimson.ua.edu
![Max Sleep-Frankel](https://live-ua-graduate.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Max-Sleep-Frankel.jpg)
Max Sleep-Frankel
Major: Social Work DSW
UA Involvement: DSW committee member for his cohort, and as a graduate research assistant studying anti-Asian hate in the United States under Dr. Hee Yun Lee
Research Interests: Language barriers within healthcare, healthcare disparities, and geriatrics
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
![Aaliyah Gates](https://graduate.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_2106_Aaliyah-Gates-1024x977.jpeg)
Aaliyah Gates
Major: Social Work MSW
UA Involvement:First Generation Student, McNair Scholar, member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Research Interests:
Hometown: Bruce, Mississippi
Email: algates@crimson.ua.edu