Laura Choi

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Laura Choi is community development research manager at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, where she works with a team to expand economic opportunity for low-income communities and communities of color. She is co-editor of the Community Development Innovation Review and was an editor of What It’s Worth: Strengthening the Financial Future of Families, Communities, and the Nation, a book jointly published by the SF Fed and Prosperity Now.
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Redlining and Mental Health: Connecting the Dots Across Poverty, Place, and Exclusion

July 1, 2019 | Laura Choi

A side by side comparison of historical redlining maps reveals a strong spatial relationship between a history of systemic exclusion in the form of redlining and poor mental health.

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Mental Health and Community Development

January 24, 2019 | Laura Choi

The community development and mental health fields have a critical opportunity to work together in supporting the mental health of low-income communities.