Ana Rodriguez (she/her/ella)  is a passionate mental health professional working across Los Angeles County with intensive-needs children, youth, and families impacted by the juvenile justice system and/or the Department of Children and Family Services. Ana received her Bachelor’s Degree in Social Welfare and Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She pulls from trauma-informed survivor-centered practices to ensure that clients’ and families’ needs are being met and their voices are being centered. She has an extensive background in violence prevention and intervention strategies as well as community organizing experience around issues of sexual, domestic, and community violence. Ana lends ongoing subject-matter expertise informed by her lived experience as a founding cohort member of the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative Youth Advisory Board.