: Ashley Parks is a motivated and active health professional with experience in public health, healthcare quality, health policy research, decision support, and quality improvement. Ashley Parks currently teaches an Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences at California Baptist University. She works as a Quality Outcomes Specialist for Adventist Health Southern California. Previously she was an Adjunct Faculty member at California State University, Dominguez Hills, a Research Associate/ Project Manager in Health DATA Program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles, CA She received her Doctorate in Public Health degree in Health Services Leadership from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. She also received her Master in Public Health degree and her Bachelor of Science degree in Health Science from the California State University, Fresno in Fresno, CA. She has multiple certifications including Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES), Certification in Public Health (CPH), Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ), and Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (CLSSBB).