Biography

Annalea is a graduate student receiving a Master of Social Welfare and a Master of Public Health. Annalea is the founder of Forrest Collective & REACH (Rural Education Access for Community Health), a holistic health care organization which connects BIPOC & low-income community members in rural and urban areas to preventive & integrative mental health care. Annalea is a BGS scholar, providing representation and advocacy on campus as a graduate of the foster care system. Annalea has conducted research at UCLA with the UCLA Prison Education Program, conducted research on spatial and racial justice at Semel HCI, engaged in national tribal health outreach and volunteer health education, and independently volunteers in Skid Row providing health education and active listening. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Annalea worked with violence survivors at the organization, Peace Over Violence as a clinical therapist and as a crisis responder on the LA Rape & Battering Hotline. as well as provided therapy to new parents with postpartum depression at UCLA Health Medical Center. Annalea is a recipient of the 2020 Public Health Advocacy Fellowship and 2020 Child & Family Health Excellence Fellowship.