Focusing on an ever-expanding list of public health issues that includes HIV prevention, domestic violence and domestic minor sex trafficking; Banks spends both her days and nights ensuring the manifestation of her personal belief that “everyone deserves access to quality healthcare and a healthy life without regard to income or race.” She is a charter member of the National Council of Negro Women Greater Atlanta Section and chair of the Women’s Caucus Program Planning Committee for The American Public Health Association.

Banks is well on her way to changing the world, and her impact has not gone unnoticed by her peers. She has been honored for her activism by the R.I.C.E. (Rising in Community Excellence) Awards, Dimensioned Wellness, nominated for The Trouble Maker Award in the spirit of Congressman John Lewis by the Center for Civic Innovation. She is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.