As a Senior Social Scientist at HDR, Francesqca Jimenez thoughtfully investigates the ways in which the built environment impacts human health, performance, and well-being, and applies research methodology and knowledge to complex real-world problems. Francesqca has a Master of Science in Applied Research in Human-Environment Relations from Cornell University’s Department of Design and Environmental Analysis with a minor in Organizational Behavior, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, English and Gender Studies from the University of California-Los Angeles. Her primary research and professional interests are in environmental psychology, linking environments to health and advancing equity through environmental design. In her work, Francesqca endeavors to understand how built, natural and social environments affect behavior, cognition, emotion, identity and representation.