The Penn State Pan-African Professional Alliance (PAN-APA) seeks to act as an academic, and professional network for members of the African diaspora at Penn State University. Our goals include: Providing a culturally sensitive and inclusive space for members of the diaspora to have opportunities for professional development and collaboration; Providing opportunities for networking and professional development related to research and development; Serving as a platform to discuss issues that are critical to members of the association and of concern to Africa and those of the African diaspora; Acting as a resource for undergraduate students of the diaspora, including but not limited to: partnering graduate student mentors with other graduate or undergraduate mentees, and presenting on successful navigation of the graduate school experience, job search, and conference presentations and publications; Collaborating with former members of the organization as well as other graduate students organizations in furthering the Universities mission to expand diversity inclusion efforts.