diff --git a/backend/backend/api/email.py b/backend/backend/api/email.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50a20074a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/backend/api/email.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.mail import send_mail
+from django.template.loader import render_to_string
+
+def send_email(subject, recipient_list, template_name, context):
+    """
+    Send email via SMTP gateway through Django's email backend.
+    """
+    # Load the template
+    email_html_message = render_to_string(template_name, context)
+    
+    # Get the DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL from settings
+    default_from_email = getattr(settings, "DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL")
+    
+    # Send the email
+    send_mail(
+        subject,
+        '',  # plain text content can be empty as we're sending HTML
+        default_from_email,
+        recipient_list,
+        html_message=email_html_message
+    )
diff --git a/backend/backend/settings.py b/backend/backend/settings.py
index 321257936..602334b42 100644
--- a/backend/backend/settings.py
+++ b/backend/backend/settings.py
@@ -121,6 +121,17 @@
 
 OAUTH_REDIRECT_URI = os.getenv('OAUTH_REDIRECT_URI')
 
+
+# Email configurations
+EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
+EMAIL_HOST = os.getenv('SMTP_SERVER')
+EMAIL_PORT = int(os.getenv('SMTP_PORT', 587))
+EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
+EMAIL_HOST_USER = os.getenv('SMTP_USERNAME')
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = os.getenv('SMTP_PASSWORD')
+DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = os.getenv('DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL')
+
+
 SITE_ID = 1
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [