I am a scholar-practitioner with nearly 30 years of leadership experience across community health, migration, housing, and social services systems. My research focuses on multi-stakeholder collaboration, with particular attention to how power, equity, and context shape cross-sector partnerships. I examine how equity-centered approaches can strengthen collective decision-making and improve outcomes for underserved communities and promote overall healthy communities. Grounded in practice-based doctoral work, my scholarship integrates systems thinking, policy analysis, and community-engaged methods to advance more democratic and inclusive forms of collaboration.