Simone Sawyer is a doctoral student in the Department of Prevention and Community Health in George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health.

She is also a trainee in the NIMH funded Training T32 Program, Approaches to Address Social-Structural Factors Related to HIV Intersectionally, TASHI. She was a lead author of "Advancing Equity and Fostering Change: A Guide for Academic-Community Partnerships in the DC Center for AIDS Research."