Sharon Tafolla, MPH

Sharon Tafolla, MPH, is a doctoral student in the Public Health graduate program at UC Merced. Her research focuses on the role of immigration policies, such as immigration enforcement and the U visa, on Latino and immigrant health. She is currently the study coordinator for the Policies Influencing Rural Latino Health (PIRLH) study. Prior to joining the program, Sharon was a policy and budget specialist at the California Department of Public Health. She earned her bachelor's degree in exercise biology and minored in Spanish at UC Davis. She also obtained a Master of Public Health with a concentration in health policy and leadership at the University of San Francisco where she has also served as an adjunct faculty member.