Dr. Deb L. Morrison co-led the writing team for the U.S. Action for Climate Empowerment Strategic Planning Framework. She works at the intersection of justice, science and learning in Canada and the United States. She is a scientist, educator, learning scientist, mother, and locally elected official. Deb works in research-practice-policy partnerships across various scales to iteratively understand and improve complex socio-ecological systems through design-based and action-oriented research.