Your thought partner in

creating the conditions for people, organizations, and communities to thrive

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Practical experience.
Thoughtful partnership.
Meaningful action.

The Dawn Lab is a boutique consulting firm that helps design healthy, equitable, and inclusive policies and practices that support wellbeing for individuals, organizations, and communities. 

I provide services that deepen understanding, build capacity, shape narratives, and drive action. The common thread in my career is a passion for creating the conditions for people and communities to be healthy. Analytical and action-oriented by nature, I enjoy exploring problems and co-creating innovative solutions - and then putting them into practice.

Let’s explore what we can create together.

WORK WITH Dawn

Training & facilitation

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Public Speaking

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Research & Analysis

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areas of expertise

  • Focus includes strategies to promote, advance, and operationalize racial health equity. Specific expertise in public health legislation, legal epidemiology, and declarations of racism as a public health crisis.

  • Tailored talks, trainings, and workshops on values-based messaging, storytelling, and advocacy to advance health equity.

  • Explore the important connection between access to voting and health outcomes, learn more about the Health & Democracy Index, and identify ways to promote civic engagement and civic infrastructure to build community power.

  • Explore how to conduct public health ethical analysis and comply with PHAB Accreditation Standards that support ethical practice, decision-making, and governance.

  • Explore how our individual and collective values intersect with the legal and policy framework for healthy workplaces to create more equitable and inclusive environments where everyone can thrive.

What People are saying

  • “This was such an insightful training. People don't have a structure for how they think about communications, and this offers such clear and concise information that we can use and apply to campaign initiatives and communications in general.".”

    Participant in Advancing Equity through Communication

  • “Wonderful presentation! Thank you for creating the space for us to have these discussions! You also chose some really insightful group activities!”

    Participant in Public Health Ethics: Grounding in Theory and Roadmap to Practice

  • “Dawn was a wonderful speaker and very knowledgeable! The information and resources she shared were valuable and I loved her energy and passion …Thank you for offering this important and relevant training. I learned a lot of new information.”

    Participant in Civic Health, Voting, and Public Health: What's at Stake in 2024

Current & Previous Clients

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ABOUT THE LOGO
One of my most fulfilling workplace experiences was when I was in a microbiologist in the Lim Lab at the University of South Florida. While my path didn't have me leading my own research team, The Dawn Lab is a parallel experience to foster creativity and innovation and cultivate laws, policies, and practices to support our individual and collective wellbeing. The logo is a sun, as a play on my name, and a flask, as a callback to a transformative time in my life. I hope you will join me and explore what we can create together.