Erika (she/her) actively supports the work of change-makers in many communities across the San Francisco Bay Area through her roles as a youth development professional, project manager, grant writer, event planner, health educator, student, and volunteer. Erika received her Master of Public Health with a concentration in Community Health Education from San Francisco State University.

Erika's ever-growing public health interests include youth participatory action research, community organizing, and the school-to-workforce development pipeline and its relation to systemic racism.

Erika is currently exploring her creative identity through photography, writing, dance, food, culture and language.