Dr. Francisca “Frankie” Angulo-Olaiz has over twenty years of experience working to address health disparities. She is a Cultural/Medical Anthropologist by training. Her experience includes developing, implementing, and scaling efforts addressing health, economic and educational disparities in underserved communities. The last six years have been focused on large-scale strategy and resource deployment utilizing an equity lens. Dr. Angulo-Olaiz worked for several health and research organizations in California. The combination of her lived experiences, training as a researcher and community advocacy has prepared her to negotiate a variety of perspectives, building common ground.