Denise Graves

Denise earned her B.S. in Political Science with an emphasis on Global Politics at Cal State University Los Angeles. As the administrator, Denise brings her knowledge of having worked both in the corporate setting as a Purchasing Manager and Operations Assistant, and the public sector having worked for the cities of Cerritos and Norwalk in their Parks and Recreation departments. The work she does with the ACEs-LA team is near to her heart. She has first-hand experience with resiliency, having a son born premature who had a 9-week NICU stay and has since been diagnosed with Autism and ADHD. This experience led her to pursue a position to work night shifts as a NICU clerk at Denver Health in Colorado. There she gained a better understanding of the administrative side of health care. Since starting with the ACEs-LA team in April of 2023 Denise has been able to expand her knowledge and abilities working in public health and values the important work ACEs-LA is doing.