Jessica Ventura

Jessica Ventura is a graduate student researcher at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR). She supports the NIH-funded study on the health of Latino youth — a research study that examines their access to and utilization of health services, with emphasis on mixed-status families.

Prior to joining this project, Ventura assisted in coordinating and implementing local and statewide tobacco control projects at UCLA CHPR. She has also participated in community-based efforts that provide free health services and education to low-income, minoritized communities in Los Angeles.

Ventura is currently pursuing a Master of Public Health in the Community Health Sciences Department at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. She received her bachelor’s degree in human biology and society from UCLA.