Dr. Kelsey Gastineau, M.D. (she/her) is a Moms Demand Action volunteer and board-certified pediatrician based in Nashville, TN. A public health researcher, Dr. Gastineau is also a physician advocate specializing in pediatric injury prevention. One of her focuses is on safe firearm storage as a Be SMART program advocate, a framework designed to help parents and adults normalize conversations about gun safety and take responsible actions to prevent child gun deaths and injuries. Her research experience and interests include implementation of evidence-based, community-focused interventions and secondary data base analysis to reduce firearm injuries in youth. Her recent publications on this topic include utilizing the Be SMART program -- along with quality improvement methodologies -- to improve firearm safety discussions in a resident-based clinic in South Carolina, evaluating the increase in pediatric firearm-related hospital encounters during the COVID-19 pandemic, and demonstrating the increasing burden of pediatric mortality and widening racial inequities due to firearm violence. She is a member of the Tennessee American Academy of Pediatrics.

Julvonnia McDowell (she/her) is a volunteer with the Georgia chapter of Moms Demand Action. Julvonnia's 14-year-old son, JaJuan, was unintentionally shot and killed by another teen playing with an unsecured gun on April 7, 2016 while visiting family in Savannah, GA for spring break. Julvonnia joined Moms Demand Action shortly after JaJuan’s death. As a leader in the survivor community, she is a dedicated mentor and support system for survivors and encourages a robust foundation of strength. One of her focuses is on safe gun storage as a Be SMART program advocate, a framework designed to help parents and adults normalize conversations about gun safety and take responsible actions to prevent child gun deaths and injuries.

To learn more about the BeSmart framework and ways to promote responsible gun ownership in your community, you can visit besmartforkids.org.