By Glenis M. Scott, Jr., MPH Dillard University 2026 Top 40 Under 40 Honoree There is something powerful about returning to the places that helped shape us—not simply to remember what we received, but to ask what we can now give back. For Glenis M. Scott, Jr., MPH, being selected as a Dillard University 2026 Top 40 Under 40 honoree is one of those full-circle moments. A New Orleans native and 2016 Dillard public health graduate, Scott has built his career around community hea

When people hear “data storytelling,” they sometimes imagine charts behaving themselves and numbers lining up in tidy little rows, ready to explain the world. But local data rarely arrives that clean. It arrives partial, uneven, shaped by timing, trust, fear, disclosure, documentation, and all the things human beings carry into a room before they ever answer a question. That is exactly why this work matters. Our next Data Storytelling for Cultural Creatives session, Reading