Christopher Crawford, PhD, MUP, (he/him/his) has had a non-linear career path. With an education in environmental science, law, and planning, he has spent much of his professional career working to integrate technology and systems-thinking into various organizations and agencies at local, state, and national scales, picking up a variety of technology and programming skills along the way. He has worked in the Kingdom of Tonga, on Cape Cod, in the US Virgin Islands, Cattaraugus County, New York City, and remotely at home in Batavia, New York. Working at the intersection of science and policy, Dr. Crawford is grateful for the opportunities he has had to learn from those people he has worked with and is truly humbled by the dedication and commitment to service he has seen. In some ways new to public health, he currently finds himself working as the Local Coordinator for the Cattaraugus County Health Department, using his skills, experience, and knowledge to help build the foundation for systematic change across the local health system.