Cecilia Jarquin Tapia (she/her) is a Research Associate at the Institute for Community Health. At ICH, Cecilia supports research and evaluation projects focused on substance use disorder, early childhood, and health equity. Before coming to ICH, Cecilia was a Research Fellow at the Center on the Ecology of Early Development where she was involved in research projects relating to racial and linguistic equity in early childhood classrooms.

Cecilia completed a BS in Health Science at Boston University. She received her MPH from Boston University School of Public Health with concentrations in Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Maternal and Child Health.