Pauline Garcia-Reid, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Family and Child Studies, College of Education and Human Services, with an affiliate appointment in the Center for Child Advocacy and Policy, College Humanities and Social Sciences, at Montclair State University. Her research interests include youth substance use and violence prevention, social justice and advocacy within a culturally-grounded social work lens, and practice and research with racial and ethnic minority children and families. She has also served as a technical advisor to the SAMHSA National Registry of Effective Prevention Programs Project (NREPP).