Linda Sprague Martinez is the Co-Principal Investigator is an Associate Professor and Department Chair for Macro Practice at the Boston University School of Social Work. She holds faculty affiliations with the Center of Innovation in Social Work and Health as well as the Center for Health Systems Improvement and Policy. Having worked for a State Office of Minority Health and in municipal government and as a mental health provider she has a keen sense of the barriers communities of color face in accessing services. Beyond having a decade of practice experience, she has over decade of research experience having led a number of participatory pro-jects funded by NIH as well as by nation and local foundations.