Sebastián Perez, MPP, is the State Affairs Specialist at APLA Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center that specializes in LGBTQ+ care and HIV and STI testing, treatment, and prevention in Los Angeles County. He also helps lead End the Epidemics, a statewide coalition that advocates budget and legislative solutions that address the syndemic of HIV, STIs, viral hepatitis, and overdose through harm reduction that has secured over $200 M in budget appropriations since its inception. Sebastián’s policy portfolio covers health care coverage (Medicaid, ACA, commercial insurance), public health (ADAP/Ryan White/CDPH), the state budget process, the health center program, federal rulemaking, and health equity, broadly. He earned his graduate degree at the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles.