diff --git a/apps/backend/src/users/types.ts b/apps/backend/src/users/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..526edb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/backend/src/users/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export enum Status {
+  MEMBER = 'MEMBER',
+  RECRUITER = 'RECRUITER',
+  ADMIN = 'ADMIN',
+  ALUMNI = 'ALUMNI',
+  APPLICANT = 'APPLICANT',
+}
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/users/user.entity.ts b/apps/backend/src/users/user.entity.ts
index fb43b7f..4353cc4 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/users/user.entity.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/users/user.entity.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-import { Entity, Column, PrimaryGeneratedColumn } from 'typeorm';
-
+import { Entity, Column, ObjectIdColumn, ObjectId } from 'typeorm';
+import { Status } from './types';
 @Entity()
 export class User {
-  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
-  id: number;
+  @ObjectIdColumn() // https://github.com/typeorm/typeorm/issues/1584
+  userId: ObjectId;
+
+  @Column()
+  status: Status;
 
   @Column()
   firstName: string;
@@ -13,4 +16,19 @@ export class User {
 
   @Column()
   email: string;
+
+  @Column()
+  profilePicture: string;
+
+  @Column()
+  linkedin: string | null;
+
+  @Column()
+  github: string | null;
+
+  @Column()
+  team: string | null;
+
+  @Column()
+  role: string | null;
 }
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/users/users.controller.ts b/apps/backend/src/users/users.controller.ts
index 55f0c84..3b11315 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/users/users.controller.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/users/users.controller.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-import { Controller, Get } from '@nestjs/common';
+import {
+  DefaultValuePipe,
+  ParseBoolPipe,
+  Query,
+  Controller,
+  Get,
+} from '@nestjs/common';
 
 import { UsersService } from './users.service';
 
@@ -7,7 +13,10 @@ export class UsersController {
   constructor(private readonly usersService: UsersService) {}
 
   @Get()
-  getAllUsers() {
-    return this.usersService.findAll();
+  getAllMembers(
+    @Query('getAllMembers', new DefaultValuePipe(false), ParseBoolPipe)
+    getAllMembers: boolean,
+  ) {
+    return this.usersService.findAll(getAllMembers);
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/users/users.service.ts b/apps/backend/src/users/users.service.ts
index 7c477d9..00a0e58 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/users/users.service.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/users/users.service.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,44 @@
-import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { UnauthorizedException, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
-import { Repository } from 'typeorm';
+import { MongoRepository } from 'typeorm';
 
 import { User } from './user.entity';
+import { Status } from './types';
+import { ObjectId } from 'mongodb';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class UsersService {
   constructor(
     @InjectRepository(User)
-    private usersRepository: Repository<User>,
+    private usersRepository: MongoRepository<User>,
   ) {}
 
-  findAll(): Promise<User[]> {
-    return this.usersRepository.find();
+  async findAll(getAllMembers: boolean): Promise<User[]> {
+    if (!getAllMembers) return [];
+
+    const exampleUser: User = {
+      userId: new ObjectId('a0f3efa0f3efa0f3efa0f3ef'),
+      status: Status.ADMIN,
+      firstName: 'jimmy',
+      lastName: 'jimmy2',
+      email: 'jimmy.jimmy2@mail.com',
+      profilePicture: null,
+      linkedin: null,
+      github: null,
+      team: null,
+      role: null,
+    };
+
+    if (exampleUser.status == Status.APPLICANT) {
+      throw new UnauthorizedException();
+    }
+
+    const users: User[] = await this.usersRepository.find({
+      where: {
+        status: { $not: { $eq: Status.APPLICANT } },
+      },
+    });
+
+    return users;
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cc41cf5..87e5a41 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "license": "MIT",
   "scripts": {
-    "format:check": "prettier --check apps/{frontend,backend}/src/**/*.{js,ts,tsx}",
-    "format": "prettier --write apps/{frontend,backend}/src/**/*.{js,ts,tsx}",
+    "format:check": "prettier --no-error-on-unmatched-pattern --check apps/{frontend,backend}/src/**/*.{js,ts,tsx}",
+    "format": "prettier --no-error-on-unmatched-pattern --write apps/{frontend,backend}/src/**/*.{js,ts,tsx}",
     "lint:check": "eslint apps/frontend --ext .ts,.tsx && eslint apps/backend --ext .ts,.tsx",
     "lint": "eslint apps/frontend --ext .ts,.tsx --fix && eslint apps/backend --ext .ts,.tsx --fix",
     "prepush": "yarn run format:check && yarn run lint:check",