Deb Hinchey received her Doctorate in Education with a focus on health education from the University of Vermont and her Master of Public Health degree from the University of Washington School of Public Health. Before joining UVM, Deb spent six years as faculty in the Department of Health Services at the University of Washington School of Public Health. While at UW, Deb was responsible for developing the curriculum and teaching a variety of courses, including the undergraduate public health capstone and a graduate-level introduction to population health. Prior to her time at UW, Deb was the director of health promotion at Seattle University for many years, where she focused on assessing college students' health needs and developing interventions to improve student health outcomes. Deb is passionate about health equity and addressing the root causes of health outcomes, specifically those that disproportionately impact marginalized populations. Her research critically explores the dominant narratives around health and how these narratives are shaped (and can be challenged) through middle and high school health curricula.