Dr. Daywalker is a visionary and caring leader who transforms systems to optimize health, safety, well-being, and resilience. She serves as the Medical Director and Total Worker Health® Subject Matter Expert for WorkSTEPS—a comprehensive provider of occupational health, safety, and business services. Her unique training combines Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine, and Public Health. She is the nation’s first Total Worker Health® Ph.D. candidate, awarded a National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health traineeship. She leads organizational and community change through a trauma-informed, multi-disciplinary approach that includes clinical care, programming, policy, and research. Dr. Daywalker currently serves in leadership roles within the Society for Total Worker Health, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, American College of Lifestyle Medicine, National Council for Residents, Alliance for Clinicians Equity, and Association of Clinicians for the Undeserved. Her global experience includes leading medical professionals in a community health program in Haiti and medical capacity-building in Vietnam. She has received several honors, such as the 2022 ACLM H.E.A.L. Scholarship, the Nathan Sostrin Unbeatable Mind scholarship, the Quality Improvement research award, multiple resident leadership scholarships, and several academic achievement awards. She is a prolific speaker who presents at local, national, and international venues.

Dr. Daywalker earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Miami, where she was in the Foote Fellows Honors Program and received the Ronald A. Hammond Scholarship. She earned her medical doctorate from Morehouse School of Medicine—an institution renowned for its social mission and commitment to health equity—where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and served as chapter Vice President. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate within the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health, researching health worker well-being.

At the heart of Dr. Daywalker's work is her belief that genuine connections with others are the key to a fulfilling life and optimal well-being.