Dr. Alexandra Bastiany, is an interventional cardiologist in Ontario, Canada. She completed her Cardiology training at the Université de Montréal. She graduated with honors, as the UdeM Faculty of Medicine first Black valedictorian. Dr. Bastiany then successfully completed a fellowship in Interventional Cardiology in Alberta in 2020, making her the first Black female Canadian Interventional Cardiologist. Dr. Bastiany is fluent in English, French, and Creole. She was born and raised in Montreal of Haitian parents and developed a strong interest in community work amongst visible minorities. She partnered with the community centre "La Maison d’Haïti" in Montreal and worked with underserved communities, to raise awareness of common risk factors in the Black community. Combining her expertise in cardiovascular disease and her passion for community work, Dr. Bastiany is actively working to decrease the race and gender biases leading to differences in standard of care and clinical outcomes.