Zoe is excited to be working as HEP’s Drug Checking Coordinator, where you can find her alongside her trusty FTIR spectrometer (nicknamed Theodora). Zoe started out doing harm reduction in high school in her hometown of Portland, Oregon, volunteering with the Portland People’s Outreach Project (PPOP). Zoe recently graduated with a degree in public health from the University of Washington, where she also helped establish the university’s chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy. She is an ardent proponent of harm reduction not only as a way to prolong drug users lives and health, but also as a pathway to autonomy, knowledge, and power. Outside of HEP Zoe loves to hang around upside down at a local circus gym, bake pastries, and go thrifting with friends.