Christina Agostino, MPH, Research Data Analyst, has worked with the School Health Evaluation and Research Team since May 2022. Christina’s research interests focus on social policies and investments that can be leveraged to support family health and child development. She is particularly interested in policies and programs that work to support school-based student mental health, youth experiencing homelessness, and childhood food insecurity. She utilizes a mixed methods approach to data collection, analysis, and dissemination and actively collaborates with interdisciplinary teams of community partners throughout all phases of the research and evaluation process. Her current projects include evaluating the California Department of Education’s expenditure of American Rescue Plan funding to support Homeless Children and Youth during and following the height of COVID-19, and analyzing California Healthy Kids Survey data for academic journal publications, professional conference presentations, and school district policy briefs. Christina received her Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a Minor in Law, Justice, and Social Change from the University of Michigan in 2021 and her Master of Public Health with a concentration in Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health from UC Berkeley in 2023. She is committed to conducting research that advances programs to support child and adolescent health during the most critical years of human development.