Lindsay Garcia (she/her) is an artist, scholar, thinker, educator, and advocate in the areas of substance use and mental health. Her current position is the Associate Dean of the College for Junior/Senior Studies and Recovery/Substance-Free Initiatives at Brown University. Garcia is the President of the Board of Directors of RICARES and a Co-chair of the Board of Directors of the Association for Recovery in Higher Education. She is an appointed member of the Rhode Island Governor’s Council on Behavioral Health. Garcia has a BFA in Sculpture from Rhode Island School of Design, MA in Contemporary Art from Sotheby’s Institute of Art, MFA in Visual Arts from Purchase College, State University of New York, and MA and PhD in American Studies from William & Mary. Garcia has published in Lateral: Journal of the Cultural Studies Association and Arcadia: Environment and Society Portal. She also exhibits her video, performance, and social practice artwork in museums and galleries and at film festivals internationally. She lives with her wife Helis Sikk and punk poodle Winslow on the east side of Providence.