Erin is a first-year student in the Master's Entry Clinical Nurse (MECN) program at the UCLA School of Nursing. She graduated from UC San Diego with degrees in Global Health and Human Biology. Before starting graduate school, she worked as a clinical research coordinator in pediatric hematology-oncology at Stanford University-Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland. Erin is passionate about dismantling social determinants of health and improving patient outcomes. She hopes to continue research and explore nursing research interests while in her graduate education, and is thrilled about the opportunity to be a member of the MCH CoE program.