Riley is a research assistant for YARC and the Clinical Addiction and Research Education Unit at Boston Medical Center, and a public health and harm reduction enthusiast. Riley received their Bachelors of Science in Health Sciences from Boston University and has seven years of experience working in public health programming and research, with a special focus on substance use, mental health, harm reduction, HIV/infectious disease, and working with particular populations including youth and young adults, LGBTQIA+ people, and those who are unstably housed or experiencing homelessness. Riley is passionate about providing engaging evidence-based health education and when they're not working you can find them with their many pets, playing a new game with friends, or reading any number of books at the same time.