Lauren Garcia – Public Health Project Coordinator

Lauren Garcia, MPH (she/her/ella) serves as CityMatCH‘s Public Health Project Coordinator. Lauren earned her Bachelor of Arts in Biology & Film from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY and her Master of Public Health with a concentration in Global Health – Sexual & Reproductive Health from Emory University in Atlanta, GA.

Prior to joining the team at CityMatCH, Lauren served in a variety of clinical, research, non-profit, and activism roles. She has experience in program planning, development, research, and advocacy.  Lauren is passionate about sexual and reproductive health/justice – including abortion access, and decreasing barriers to care.

In her spare time, Lauren enjoys solo traveling, creating scicomm content, scrapbooking, and spending time with her dogs, 13 y/o, Parker and 4 m/o, Coco.