diff --git a/resources/frontend_client/app/components/UserAvatar.react.js b/resources/frontend_client/app/components/UserAvatar.react.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aa7053a5edf586e4f44400f8088060b3cf0033cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/frontend_client/app/components/UserAvatar.react.js
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+'use strict';
+
+import React, { Component } from 'react';
+import cx from 'classnames';
+
+export default class UserAvatar extends Component {
+    constructor(props) {
+        super(props)
+        this.styles = {
+            fontSize: '0.85rem',
+            borderWidth: '1px',
+            borderStyle: 'solid',
+            borderRadius: '99px',
+            width: '2rem',
+            height: '2rem',
+            display: 'flex',
+            alignItems: 'center',
+            justifyContent: 'center',
+        }
+    }
+    userInitials() {
+        const { first_name, last_name } = this.props.user;
+
+        let initials = '??';
+
+        if (first_name !== 'undefined') {
+            initials = first_name.substring(0, 1);
+        }
+
+        if (last_name !== 'undefined') {
+            initials = initials + last_name.substring(0, 1);
+        }
+
+        return initials;
+    }
+
+    render() {
+        const { background } = this.props;
+        const classes = {
+            'flex': true,
+            'align-center': true,
+        }
+        classes[background] = true;
+
+        return (
+            <div className={cx(classes)} style={Object.assign(this.styles, this.props.style)}>
+                {this.userInitials()}
+            </div>
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+UserAvatar.defaultProps = {
+    background: 'bg-brand',
+}
diff --git a/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/HeaderTabs.react.js b/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/HeaderTabs.react.js
index 251e1c284b37b6e63b1dbf9192a5185b3817e2f7..705fe690c58c1aa73740dfcc5ab9d9a68bf4ff2a 100644
--- a/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/HeaderTabs.react.js
+++ b/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/HeaderTabs.react.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export default class HeaderTabs extends Component {
 
         return (
             <div className="bg-brand text-white">
-                <a className={activityTab} href="/">Activity</a>
+                <a className={activityTab} style={{marginLeft: '10px'}} href="/">Activity</a>
                 <a className={questionsTab} href="/?questions">Saved Questions</a>
             </div>
         );