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Christina Walker (she/her) is the Senior Director of Policy at Healthier Colorado. Christina believes that physical and mental health care is a fundamental human right. She looks forward to engaging with Healthier Colorado’s thousands of members across the state, to lift up their voices to develop and advocate for public policies that will improve the overall health and wellbeing of all Coloradans.

Most recently, Christina coordinated the public policy efforts of Clayton Early Learning as the Director of Policy & Advocacy. She also co-founded the Raise Colorado Coalition with partners at the Colorado Children’s Campaign, partnering with a steering committee of diverse stakeholders to improve public policies that impact pregnant people, expecting families, infants, and toddlers in Colorado. Before working at Clayton, Christina was a policy analyst with the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) in Washington, DC. focusing on quantitative and qualitative analysis of data, state technical assistance, and federal and state policy analysis. She also previously worked on national and state early childhood and home visiting policy with the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Home Visiting Campaign and implemented a Head Start preschool program with the District of Columbia Public School’s Office of Early Childhood Education.

Christina graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from Baldwin-Wallace College and has a Master of Public Administration concentrating in social policy from Cornell University. Christina serves as the Secretary on the Board of Directors for Thriving Families, a Denver-based nonprofit serving pregnant people and new families through trainings, peer supports, and health care. Christina moved to Denver in 2016 and now resides in North Park Hill with her husband, son, and two pups.