Haley Coles is a die-hard Arizonan committed to achieving health equity among people impacted by drug use and drug policy. Her personal experience with chaotic drug use and the devastatingly preventable loss of people she loved informs her personal mission to make meaningful structural change for a more just and healthy Arizona. She is the Vice Chair of the Aunt Rita’s Foundation board, is an alumna of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Culture of Health Leaders program, received the 2018 Leadership in Advocacy Award from ASU’s Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy, and has provided consultation for the National Association of State and Territorial AIDS Directors and the CDC.