Emily Esposito is a current Postdoctoral Scholar (formerly an NIH T32 Postdoctoral Fellow under the NU-THRIVE Program) at the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing at Northwestern University. She is mentored by Dr. Michelle Birkett.  Her work focuses on sexual minority health and well-being disparities, and how gay-friendly venues, selective migration, and structural and regional contexts can promote belonging, well-being, and health for LGBTQ+ people.