Laura Buback is a technical advisor who has been supporting SFDPH for the COVID-19 response since March 2020. She has supported Case Investigation/Contact Tracing/Outbreak Management work through leading Standard Operating Procedures, Trainings, and piloting new workflows. In August 2020, she also began supporting the University of Guam and Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services to strengthen their COVID-19 response. At IGHS, Laura also works for Global Strategic Information (GSI) where she provides program management and technical assistance in strategic information to countries throughout Africa, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia. Prior to IGHS, Laura spent 6 years working in West Africa working on monitoring and evaluation of nutrition, immunization, and maternal and child health programs, as well as polio and ebola outbreak response. In global health work, Laura has always been dedicated to the use of data for an equity-based approach to highlight and address disparities, and is grateful to now translate that approach locally with UPIEA.