Arianna Taboada, MSW, MSPH

Arianna Taboada, MSW, MSPH is the Learning & Impact Lead at Hopelab, a social innovation lab and impact investor focused on youth mental health and well-being.12 She holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) and a Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) with an emphasis in Maternal-Child Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.1

Professional Background

At Hopelab, Arianna leads the Learning and Impact unit, where she:

• Builds learning processes to inform programmatic decision-making
• Stewards an equity-focused approach to measuring impact across the organization's initiatives
• Helps shift the way Hopelab learns from projects and partners
• Explores new ways to measure the change the organization seeks to make12

Prior to her current role, Arianna held various positions at Hopelab, including:

• Senior Research Associate III (October 2020 - December 2021)
• Senior Research Associate II (October 2018 - September 2020)
• Study Coordinator (April 2017 - September 2018)2

Other Professional Endeavors

Outside of her work at Hopelab, Arianna is also:

• The founder and author of The Expecting Entrepreneur, a strategic advisory firm supporting early-stage, high-growth founders in planning for parental leave2
• A former Women in Leadership Fellow at Coro Northern California2
• The founder of Arianna Taboada Health Research Consulting, providing research and evaluation services in reproductive and maternal health2

Personal Background

Arianna is a Bay Area native who has returned to raise her family in the community where she grew up.1 She describes herself as a lifelong learner and community builder with interests in emergent learning, multiple ways of knowing, and narrative change.2