Jochebed Gethsemane Gayles, Ph.D., is an Assistant Research Professor in the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center at The Pennsylvania State University and Director of the Lab for Equitable Prevention and Implementation in Diverse Contexts. Her research focuses on community-engaged approaches to improving youth and family well-being, with a particular emphasis on prevention infrastructure, community coalitions, and implementation support systems at state and local levels. She leads and collaborates on mixed-methods studies that examine how technical assistance, systems design, and cross-sector partnerships can advance equitable access to effective prevention interventions, especially in under-resourced and racially diverse communities. Dr. Gayles is also a culturally responsive and equitable evaluation (CREE) practitioner whose work integrates liberatory and equity-focused frameworks into evaluation design, qualitative inquiry, and capacity-building with practitioners, coalitions, and policymakers. Across her portfolio, she is committed to centering community voice, dismantling structural inequities, and strengthening the prevention workforce to support sustainable, context-responsive change for youth and families.