Anjali Verma is a powerful advocate in Applied Physics, Columbia Engineering and across Columbia. As president of Columbia Spectra and through the Society for Women in Physics, she pushed for the discipline to be more socially and culturally responsible and successfully campaigned to rename a classroom after C.S. Wu, one of the only women in the Manhattan Project. Additionally, Anjali created critical spaces for Black students as co-chair of the Columbia Mentoring Initiative's Black Family Tree and through her work with Mobilized African Diaspora in challenging public safety practices/structures.