Lymari Benitez, PhD, joined Pace Center for Girls in June 2015. As the senior director of programme information and impact, she uses information to support 22 communities in Florida and Georgia to help girls who are at a high risk of involvement with the juvenile justice system, thus changing their life trajectory. Prior to joining Pace, she worked in evaluation at Tennessee’s Statewide System of Care Expansion Initiative for Children and Youth, and at Harlem Children’s Zone.