Beckett Maravelias

Experience

Beckett Maravelias is the Health Equity Consulting Specialist for UCLA Health. In their current role, Beckett is responsible for the design, implementation, and oversight of organizational educational frameworks and strategic learning initiatives that promote and foster equity, inclusivity, and cultural humility amongst UCLA Health staff, patients, and communities.

As the EDI Consulting Specialist, Beckett brings to UCLA Health more than a decade of deep and extensive experience developing, implementing, and leading EDI programs and initiatives across a range of sectors, including in academic medicine, community and mental health, electoral politics, and in the nonprofit sector.

Prior to joining UCLA Health, Beckett previously served as an EDI Leader, Educator, and Program Manager for Stanford Health Care and the Stanford University School of Medicine, where they founded, designed, and led new and novel EDI employee initiatives, educational models, and training programs for the faculty and staff of the Stanford Health system, the Medical School, and the Department of External Relations.

In varying capacities throughout their career, Beckett has worked in political and community organizing, LGBTQ+ advocacy, anti-racist activism, organizational development, and systems’ and culture change. They have extensive experience building coalitions, communities, funding streams, and learning frameworks to support organizations and initiatives advancing health equity, racial and social justice, and community-driven systems change work. In their free time, Beckett enjoys writing, reading, cooking, and spending time with their partner Maria and their two cats, Huckleberry and Jasper Marie.

Education

Beckett received their BA, with high honors, from Wesleyan University, where they studied social and political theory, history, and creative writing. Their academic research, thought, and writing has focused on environmental racism, health equity, institutional negligence, and biopolitical geographies of health, illness, exclusion, and belonging.