Natalie Turner is a social worker, gerontologist, and Ph.D. candidate in the School of Social Work at the University of Washington. Her research focuses on health equity, aging and disability policy, and long-term services and supports (LTSS), with particular emphasis on Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS). She is currently examining how state policy decisions on the design and generosity of Medicaid HCBS affect service use and health outcomes for older adults. Her long-term goal is to generate research that informs policy change and advances more equitable, responsive, and relevant LTSS. Before graduate school, Natalie worked as a social worker in a specialty outpatient neurology clinic focused on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Her direct experience in aging and health services has deeply shaped her research agenda. She earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work from the University at Albany, State University of New York.