Cassandra began her public health career with the Grant County Health District, working alongside local, regional, and state partners and stakeholders as a program coordinator and health educator. In this role, Cassandra served rural and underserved populations of Grant County through youth prevention of tobacco, vaping, and marijuana use, healthy eating and activity living behavior change, and public health communications. Through these experiences, her dedication to public health policy, system, and environmental changes has become a career passion. Cassandra earned a Master of Public Health degree from Eastern Washington University and is a native of rural eastern Washington.