Laurie Udesky is an award-winning journalist with more than twenty-five years of experience producing engaging, well-written investigative, enterprise and explanatory stories on health, health equity, mental health, social welfare and public policy.  Her articles have earned honors from Investigative Reporters & Editors, the Sidney Hillman Foundation, the Exceptional Merit Media Awards, Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California chapter, the Association of Health Care Journalists, among others.