Tarena Lofton, audience engagement producer, leads content creation for daily health care and health policy stories at KFF Health News, and promotes that content across social platforms. She joined the organization in 2019 as a social media intern and was soon promoted to assistant social media manager. In 2021, she was hired as a strategic communications specialist by a top government relations and strategic communications firm based in Washington but returned to KFF the following year. Tarena holds a master’s degree from Indiana University’s Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs.