Dr. Yu Meng is the Youth Family and Community Advisor for Riverside, Imperial, and San Bernardino Counties. She conducts research and academically oversees CalFresh Healthy Living, UC, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, 4-H Positive Youth Development, Master Food Preserver, and Farm Smart programs at the UC Cooperative Extension and Desert Research and Extension Center. She has over 10 years of experience conducting community nutrition research and developing youth programs. Her background is in Nutrition Science, emphasizing nutrition education and behavior. Dr. Meng is familiar with behavior principles, impact and process evaluation framework, and research-based intervention development. She served as Principle Investigator for several Federal and State funded projects. Her research and programmatic interests include improving food security, community development, community capacity building, youth engagement, consumer climate change literacy, and obesity prevention.