Kelly Wallace is a Certified Health Education Specialist. She has obtained her masters degree in Health Promotion from the University of Connecticut, School Of Allied Health Sciences. She received her bachelors degree in Health Promotion with a minor in psychology. Kelly's specific interests include occupational safety and health as well as risk communications and community outreach. She has spent the past 5 years engaged in participatory action research (PAR) focusing on Total Worker Health (TWH). Areas of research have revolved around aging workers, public safety workers (correctional officers), and workers responding to catastrophic weather events.