Welcome to our new team members!

Detrich Galloway

Detrich Galloway
Community Researcher, First 5
 

Detrich Galloway is a former information technology specialist within the healthcare insurance industry and credentialed educator within the Division of Adult and Career Education at the Los Angeles Unified School District. She is a recent graduate of the California State University (CSU), Northridge with a Bachelor's degree in Public Health, where she was also named CSU's Sally Casanova  Pre-Doctoral Scholar for 2020/2021. Detrich holds certification in Healthcare Management and Leadership, which was awarded to her with distinction, from the University of California Extension, in Los Angeles. She will be attending the MPH program at CSUN in Fall 2021, where her research will focus on projects that address health disparities among African American populations and the African Diaspora. Her current educational pursuits are directed towards a Ph.D., with a career focus in Sociomedical & Behavioral Health Sciences, with the ultimate goal of becoming a research scientist and faculty member within an academic research institution. 

Nicole Jones

Nicole Jones
Program Manager, Expecting Justice

Nicole Velora Jones was born and raised in Los Angeles, third generation. She got her BA in International Studies with a focus on Development and Food Security with a regional focus on the African Diaspora at the University of San Francisco. During her time at USF, she spent a year studying the legacy of colonialism in Morocco and Tanzania and engaging with local farmers and activists. Through this exposure to community health work in various global settings, Nicole was inspired to focus her senior thesis on “Decolonizing the Urban Farm” in which she explored the ways in which the urban gardening and food sovereignty movement has been largely exclusive towards marginalized communities and ways in which the work can be more equitable and inclusive. After college, she spent five years managing a portfolio of community-based partnerships based in Bayview/Hunters Point, San Francisco in order to provide food assistance and health services to marginalized communities throughout San Francisco and Oakland. Over time Nicole found her specialties to be program management, qualitative research and evaluation, and relationship-building using a Public Health Critical Race Theory lens. She has recently earned her MPH at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health where she focused on researching the health implications of structural racism on chronic disease and maternal health disparities as well as exploring innovative solutions to disrupt structural racism and empower communities of color. In her free time, she enjoys going to the beach, dancing to Cuban Salsa, and spending time with her niece.

Troy Roberts

Troy Roberts
Case Manager, Expecting Justice

Troy Roberts is a transplant from North Carolina. He moved to San Francisco in 2006 and has worked predominately in black and brown communities throughout the Bay Area. He has served children, youths, and families in varying capacities from mental health counseling and creating therapeutic interventions to financial counseling. Troy vehemently believes in meeting people where they are and encouraging growth. Troy has successfully assisted many San Francisco bay area residents to improve their quality of life and he looks forward to building more meaningful relationships while reducing racial disparities and improving birth outcomes.