Stephanie Arteaga is a doctoral student in sociology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She completed her MPH degree in Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health at the University of California, Berkeley in 2016. Since 2013, Ms. Arteaga has worked on research focusing on reproductive and maternal health equity. Currently, she is a Project Director for the Sexual Health and Reproductive Equity (SHARE) program in the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley, and contributes to two evaluation studies of guaranteed income programs for pregnant women and birthing people at risk for adverse birth outcomes. Her research interests include examining the impacts of structural racism and trauma on mental and reproductive health and wellbeing for communities of color through community-partnered methods. For this project, Ms. Arteaga will work with Dr. Corinne Rocca at UCSF to qualitatively explore the relationships between mental health and pregnancy decision-making and care-seeking processes among Latine women and birthing people in the Southwestern United States. The proposed work is the third part of a three-part dissertation research study and will be informed by ongoing quantitative analyses. Findings from this work have the potential to inform upstream mental health interventions that can support optimal reproductive health and wellbeing for marginalized communities and will inform Ms. Arteaga’s future research agenda as she embarks on her career as an independent mixed-methods researcher in family planning.