Gray Babbs is an MPH candidate at the Boston University School of Public Health pursuing certificates in epidemiology/biostatistics and sex, sexuality, and gender. Broadly, Gray is interested in how quantitative data and health policy inform one another, specifically in rural and LGBTQ populations. Drawing from their Kentucky storytelling roots, they are interested in the ways that public health research can be more effectively communicated to impacted communities and the public at large. In their free time, Gray enjoys baking bread and defending baseball as the world’s best sport.