Faculty and Staff

Rebecca Eiseman is a first-year graduate student in the Master of Public Health Program at San Francisco State University. She earned a dual B.A. in Cultural Anthropology and Music Theory from Oberlin College in northeast Ohio. Rebecca has a background working on food access and environmental issues in the non-profit sector. She supported the fundraising efforts for organizations such as the California State Parks Foundation, Urban Sprouts, and People’s Community Market, including a campaign raising over $1 million in one year to open a grocery store in West Oakland. She has also pursued her interest in health equity by supporting educators in the planning and delivery of bilingual nutrition and cooking demonstrations, and a summer curriculum for low-income and minority high school students focused on job training, gardening, science, and social justice. Under the guidance of Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies Dr. Martha Kenney, Rebecca is contributing to research looking at how schools and community organizations utilize the emerging science of epigenetics to inform innovative programming around Adverse Childhood Experiences, Restorative Justice, and Trauma-Informed Care in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Pacific Northwest.

Andrea Gonzalez is currently a second year Masters of Public Health student at San Francisco State University. She graduated with a B.A in Anthropology with a concentration in Psychology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 2012. Andrea has been working in the Public Health field since 2013, beginning in cardiovascular health education and fitness at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Since then, Andrea has worked in qualitative data collection and analysis for the City Parks Alliance, as well as other foundation experience. She is interested in the removal of stigma associated with aging and disability, as well as transit justice. Andrea is working with HEI affiliate Associate Professor, Dr. Emma Sanchez-Vaznaugh, generating code and descriptive statistics for research related to school-based obesity prevention policies.

Kristan Olazo is currently a second year Master of Public Health graduate student at San Francisco State University. She earned a B.S. in Biology with a concentration in Physiology and a minor in Asian American Studies from SFSU. She first gained exposure in the public health field volunteering at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital as a Wellness Navigator and then working as a Health Educator at Health Initiatives for Youth. Currently, Kristan is employed at the Daly City Youth Health Center and San Francisco Health Service System. Her primary research interests include social determinants of health, Filipino/a American health, and children’s health. Kristan is working with HEI affiliate Assistant Professor David Rebanal, exploring the role of political participation on Asian American health.

Emerson Shiang is a first year Masters of Public Health student at San Francisco State University and is currently working with Jesus Ramirez-Valles on layered stigma in the LGBTQ POC community. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a minor in History from Lafayette College in 2014. Emerson got his 200 hour yoga teacher training from India in 2015 and teaches vinyasa and meditation throughout the peninsula. His research interest areas are in Asian American health, HIV stigma, mind-body connection, and LGBTQ health.