Francisca Centron Seguel is pursuing a master’s degree in public health at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston’s School of Public Health. Centron Seguel holds a bachelor’s degree in public health from The University of Texas at Austin. Her experience extends beyond the classroom; Centron Seguel served as a Spanish medical interpreter at various local community clinics in Austin, Texas, and was selected to be a John R. Lewis Scholar for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Office of Health Equity, where she helped develop an evaluation tool to inform youth gun violence prevention efforts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Centron Seguel was awarded the prestigious CDC Williams-Hutchins Health Equity Award in 2023 for the quality, productivity, timeliness, and service of her project. Through opportunities like the Graduate Archer Fellowship, Centron Seguel aims to focus her research on how healthcare policies and legislation impact health outcomes in populations, and how to develop effective, evidence-informed policies that best support and advocate for the well-being of others.