Diana (she/her) is a doctoral student in the Sociology department at the University of California, San Francisco. They hold an M.A. in Chicana(o) and Latina(o) Studies from California State University, Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Arts in Chicana/o & Central American Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles, with minors in Public Affairs and Labor and Workplace Studies. With a rich background in Latino Health and Culture, Diana focuses on health equity, and health policy. Their research interests encompass a wide array of topics, including educational equity policy, digital and historical archival research, and both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. They are passionate about health advocacy and social justice movements, employing frameworks such as Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR), Community-Based Partnership Research (CBPR), and ethnographic research in their work. Diana is also deeply engaged in migration and transnational border studies, aiming to contribute to the understanding of complex social dynamics through their research and teaching. Her research bridges ethnic studies, medical sociology, and public health to understand and advance health equity for communities of color. Her previous research evaluated the U.S. physician workforce through an analysis of medical education pathways and the experience of minoritized students of color in medicine, from premedical students to medical professionals. Her current research at UCSF is aimed at understanding the continuity of care, access to care and post care available to Latine Stroke Survivors. This research aims to understand patient-provider relationships, patient-familial dynamics and impacts on the life-course for stroke survivors.