Professional Affiliation

Director of Replication Initiatives, University of New Mexico

Expert Bio

Erika Harding, MA, received her International Baccalaureate (IB) from the United World College of the American West, a BA in political science from Barnard College, and did her graduate work at UNM in Latin American studies.  She served as University of NewMexico’s representative in Mexico, while working as the UNM Latin America Data Base analyst for political and economic issues.  She has a long history of work in public education, public health policy, and health education, including working in the areas of reproductive health and melanoma prevention.  She served as Education and Outreach Manager for UNM Health Science Center’s Project ECHO®, and was responsible for the design and implementation ECHO's flagship Diabetes Community Resource Education Worker (CREW) training program, which has been the model for other CHW training initiatives based on the ECHO model of care.  She now leads ECHO’s global replication initiatives, facilitating the U.S. and global scaling of the ECHO Model.  With more than 60 ECHO replication partners worldwide, ECHO is being adapted to expand access to knowledge resources and meet the needs of underserved communities around the world.