Chyna Miller received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design from The Art Institute of Houston and her Master of Public Health in Social and Behavioral Sciences, along with a Graduate Certificate in Arts in Public Health, from the University of Florida. She is also a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES®) and serves as Student Engagement Co-Chair for the Florida Public Health Association. As a PhD student in the Social and Behavioral Sciences concentration at UF PHHP, she is mentored by Dr. Brittney Dixon-Daniel.
Chyna is passionate about investigating and addressing health disparities through trauma-informed and community engaged public health research. Her research interests include adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), maternal and child health, maternal mental health, health equity, social determinants of health, intergenerational trauma, resilience, and arts-based community-engaged approaches to healing and public health practice.
Professionally, Chyna serves as a Prevention Consultant with a child welfare agency, where she supports the development and expansion of Family Resource Centers across North Central Florida through community engagement, training, program planning, and evaluation. She previously served as a Visual Artist in Residence with UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine, and is the creator of the WeCAN (Workshop Engagement: Community Art Narrative) model, an arts based framework for trauma-informed public health engagement supported through funding from the Mellon Foundation via the UF Center for Arts, Migration and Entrepreneurship.