Christine Rodriguez (she/her) is a dyed-in-the-wool harm reductionist, bringing to her senior program manager role 15 years’ of experience in drug user health across HIV, viral hepatitis, and overdose prevention. She has worked in varied roles across policy advocacy, capacity building, training and direct service in the public and nonprofit sectors. Rodriguez is deeply committed to supporting harm reduction across the U.S. and believes the leadership of people who use drugs is essential to ending the syndemic of HIV, viral hepatitis and overdose. She earned her Master of Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley, and her Bachelor of Arts in American Studies, specializing in sociology, from Pomona College. In her free time, Rodriguez loves a good novel, travelling (under safer circumstances), her opinionated puppy Tina, aunting her little nibblings, and Zooming with far-flung friends and family.