Erika Gustafson is a graduate student in the Clinical Psychology program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Broadly, her research focuses on community-based interventions to promote healthy psychological development for underserved children and families. 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, non-traditional settings such as schools and neighborhoods, and Latino mental health. She has conducted qualitative and quantitate research with community health workers examining their processes of parental engagement, as well as with homeless youth examining their executive functioning. Erika is also an active advocate for promoting diversity within the field, serving as co-chair of the Diversity Advancement Committee within her clinical program.