Erika L. Gustafson, PhD is a postdoctoral research volunteer at UIC’s Institute for Juvenile Research, and a postdoctoral fellow at Rush University Medical Center. Dr. Gustafson completed her doctoral training at UIC and her predoctoral clinical internship at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Broadly, her research focuses on community-based interventions to promote healthy psychological development for children and families in communities of urban poverty. Her specific research interests include broadening the boundaries of mental health treatment through a focus on upstream ecological factors impacting mental health (i.e. the social determinants of health), non-traditional service providers such as community health workers, community settings such as schools and community organizations, and Latinx mental health.