Erika Lyles is the Evaluation and Research Lead at BakerRipley, the largest charitable organization in Texas. BakerRipley brings resources, education, and connection to our neighbors through community development and Appreciative Community Building. In 2018, Erika earned her Masters in Public Health from Emory University in Atlanta, GA with a focus in health equity and social determinants of health. From 2019 to 2021, she worked as a Population Health Analyst for Harris Health. Her role at BakerRipley is to prove and improve BakerRipley’s impact by working closely with program staff and stakeholders to strengthen data collection processes and tell the story of our BakerRipley neighbors in the service of equity.