Peyton Brantley (she/her) is a high school senior interning in the PERCH Lab at California State University, Dominguez Hills, for the summer semester. She is interested in reducing healthcare disparities in her community, ensuring equitable access to quality care for all. She plans to pursue a degree in Nursing or Health Sciences, with a possible minor in Public Health. 

Peyton’s research interests include developing actionable solutions to address the public health crisis of Black Maternal Mortality and enhancing health literacy in communities to empower individuals to advocate for themselves. In addition, Peyton is passionate about the negative impact social media has on youth and is interested in developing interventions to address the problems social media causes. In her free time, Peyton enjoys cooking a good meal and playing horror video games.