Sofia Aliaga, MD, MPH is the Director of Interprofessional Education and Practice (IPEP) at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine and a professor of pediatrics. She also serves as Director of the School of Medicine’s Simulation, Experiential Learning and Training Center, Associate Pediatric Residency Program Director and Trainer/Facilitator for Relational Leadership at Carolina. Clinically, she is a neonatologist at the UNC Children’s Hospital. She received her undergrad/MD degree from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru. She completed Pediatric Residency training at the University of Colorado and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Training at UNC.