Munira Maalimisaq, FNP-BC, is a family nurse practitioner, health equity leader, and the Founder and CEO of Inspire Change Clinic in Minneapolis. The clinic provides trauma-informed, culturally responsive primary care to immigrant and underserved communities, built on community trust and partnership.

Through the clinic’s Motherhood Circle, Munira leads a community initiative that strengthens vaccine confidence, maternal health, chronic disease education, and equitable access to care. She also brought together faith leaders, clinicians, and families in the cross-sector collaboration that produced the first U.S. fatwa supporting anonymous donor human milk for medically vulnerable infants, removing a longstanding barrier to lifesaving neonatal care for Muslim families. That work has gained international recognition and now serves as a model in 13 countries.

In 2025, when Operation Metro Surge disrupted healthcare access for immigrant communities, she mobilized more than 100 clinicians and partner organizations to bring care directly into the community. Since then, the clinic has served more than 800 patients through home visits, transportation assistance, care coordination, and crisis support. She co-authored a perspective on this response in the New England Journal of Medicine.

A trusted voice on vaccine equity, Munira co-chairs Immunize MN, co-leads the Special Populations Workgroup of the Measles Collaborative, and serves on the Children’s Minnesota Community Advisory Council. She also trains clinicians and medical residents in culturally responsive care and vaccine communication.

Her leadership has been recognized through selection to the Young American Leaders Program at Harvard Business School, the Minneapolis–St. Paul Business Journal’s 40 Under 40, and the Policy Fellows Program at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs.