Lauren Ansong dePass is a Senior Program Manager on the Training & Capacity Building team at HRiA. Her interests include child and adolescent health, substance use prevention, maternal health outcomes and racial and health equity. Ms. Ansong dePass earned a Bachelor of Science in sociology from Boston University and Master of Public Health in Urban Health from Northeastern University. Lauren has provided technical assistance, training, and leadership on projects that have focused on Black maternal health outcomes, racial equity, substance use prevention, violence prevention, school health, and community mobilization.