Gia L. Simms joined NCHH in November 2023 as a bilingual (Spanish/English) field researcher and data collector. She works on the Climate and Healthy Housing Asthma Mitigation Project Study (CHHAMPS), principally in the areas of participant recruitment, data collection, and communications. She has worked formerly as a teacher of Spanish and ESL and a coordinator of international professional exchange programs. Ms. Simms holds an MA in international relations from Johns Hopkins University and an MAT in linguistics/TESOL from Georgetown University.