Health data, technology, and innovation
to reimagine population health.
CURRENT WORK
Head of Population Health & Informatics
Center for Health Policy
University of New Mexico
ALSO
Exited Healthcare Analytics Founder
Health Innovation Ecosystem Builder
Doctoral Researcher, Health Equity Sciences
Health IT Board Member
FOCUS AREAS
Population Health Data & Informatics
Applied Health Services Research
Medicaid, Claims & Health Policy
Health Tech & Innovation
— ABOUT
My work focuses on using health data, applied research, and emerging technologies to transform how healthcare is delivered, how policy is developed and evaluated, and how evidence is used to advance population health.
At the University of New Mexico's Center for Health Policy, I lead Population Health & Informatics, working with state agencies and healthcare partners on Medicaid analytics, applied health services research, program and policy evaluation, and cross-agency data infrastructure needed to support evidence-informed decisions.
I've played a leading role in building New Mexico's health technology and innovation ecosystem, connecting healthcare organizations, researchers, startups, funders, and public partners to evaluate emerging technologies, develop new models of care, and bring innovation into practice.
My perspective draws on more than 15 years in healthcare delivery, managed care, data, and technology leadership—including co-founding a healthcare analytics company acquired in 2021. I'm also a doctoral researcher in Health Equity Sciences at UNM, with a focus on population health informatics, digital health, and evidence-informed healthcare innovation, and serve on community boards and advisory groups focused on healthcare and technology.
— WORK
Creating new ways to move data, research, and technology into practice.
Selected work advancing population health, healthcare delivery, and innovation across New Mexico.
2026 –
FUNDED
Health ImpACT: Advancing Health Technology Innovation
Program Design & Lead Grant Author · in collaboration with HealthInno
Developed and implemented the program model and led the grant proposal, securing $844,000 from the New Mexico Economic Development Department to support early-stage pilots moving promising health tech toward real-world implementation.
Health Data Innovators Bootcamp
Program Creator, Lead Grant Author & Instructor · CNM Ingenuity
Created and implemented the program and curriculum and led the grant proposal, securing $145,000 from The Encantado Foundation to build an applied health data education program connecting healthcare knowledge, analytics, and real-world data.
HealthAI Summit
Co-founder · in collaboration with HealthInno
Created an annual health innovation summit—the state’s only cross-sector forum bringing healthcare leaders, clinicians, researchers, innovators, funders, and policymakers together around emerging technology and innovation in healthcare.
EXITED
2025 –
RESEARCH
2024 –
Doctoral Research · Health Equity Sciences
University of New Mexico College of Population Health
Doctoral research exploring innovative applications of health data, emerging technologies, and implementation approaches to advance population health and healthcare delivery.
2023 –
WRITING
health EQ
Creator & Author
Independent writing on health data, research, policy, and healthcare innovation, translating technical and academic concepts for applied audiences. 37 issues and 8 resource guides published since 2023.
2023
WRITING
Healthcare Data Is Inherently Biased
Author · Published on Towards Data Science
Where bias enters the data-generating process, and how to mitigate misinterpretations.
2017 – 2021
FOUNDED
FUNDED
2025 –
Versatile MED Analytics — acquired
Co-founder & Data Informatics Officer
Co-founded a healthcare analytics company serving national health plans, providers, government agencies, and health technology organizations; acquired in 2021.
SPEAKING
2019
The Changing Face of Healthcare Leaders
TEDx Speaker · TEDxABQ Future of Healthcare Salon
A talk on the role of diverse perspectives and lived experience in shaping healthcare leadership and innovation.
— WRITING
Recent from health EQ
An independent publication exploring health data, research, and the systems shaping healthcare.
