Dr. Jacquez received her PhD in clinical child psychology from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. She did her predoctoral internship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric psychology at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine. Broadly, Dr. Jacquez is interested in partnering with members of minority communities to increase health equity. Her current research focuses on utilizing community-based participatory research methods to address child health disparities. Recently, she has developed partnerships with both Latino and Appalachian communities to develop culturally and contextually appropriate childhood obesity interventions.