Ivy Torres

Ivy Torres is a Research Analyst at LOSH and is responsible for working closely with community partners and graduate student researchers to analyze issues related to worker health and safety. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Health from the University of California, Irvine, an MA in Chicana and Chicano Studies from San Jose State University, and a BS in Development Sociology from Cornell University.

Ivy is passionate about addressing occupational health inequities that disproportionately affect people from historically marginalized communities and believes everyone should be able to work with dignity. In the past, her research has examined how work contributes to the early onset of physical disabilities among immigrant Latina women.

Outside of work, Ivy enjoys reading fiction, going on hikes, working on jigsaw puzzles, and dancing.