Elinor Higgins is a policy associate on the population and public health team at NASHP. She works on a variety of projects focusing on how states can use different policy and financing levers to support upstream prevention, address the social determinants of health, and advance health equity. Prior to joining NASHP, Elinor was an intern with the Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force and RUSH University Medical Center, where she contributed to research on vitality and health disparities in Chicago’s neighborhoods while assisting in outreach that addressed health inequities. She also interned for Health Care Education and Training, an organization that provides program support to improve reproductive and sexual health outcomes. Higgins attended Wellesley College and completed an independent study on job mobility and economic status of community health workers. She graduated in 2018 with a BA in biology and women’s and gender studies.