Beckett Maravelias

Experience

Beckett Maravelias is the Health Equity Consulting Specialist for UCLA Health. In Beckett's 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 Inclusive Excellence Consulting Specialist, Beckett brings to UCLA Health more than a decade of deep and extensive experience developing, implementing, and leading Inclusive Excellence 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 Inclusive Excellence Leader, Educator, and Program Manager for Stanford Health Care and the Stanford University School of Medicine, where Beckett founded, designed, and led new and novel Inclusive Excellence 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 Beckett's career, Beckett has worked in political and community organizing, LGBTQ+ advocacy, anti-racist activism, organizational development, and systems’ and culture change. Beckett has 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 Beckett's free time, Beckett enjoys writing, reading, cooking, and spending time with partner Maria and two cats, Huckleberry and Jasper Marie.

Education

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