Rujeko “Rue” is an international student from Zimbabwe. Rujeko is a certified social worker in Kentucky and has practice experience in community-based and school-based mental health; individual, couple, and family therapy; FlourishCare navigating; and behavioral health case management. Rue is a Pre-Dissertation Fellow with the Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGESW), a pre-doctoral fellow with the United in True Racial Equity at the UK, and a recipient of the Lyman T. Johnson Fellowship at the University of Kentucky. She is also an awardee of the AGE-SW Predissertation Award (2022 cohort).