Kerry Burch is an Epidemiology Specialist at Mecklenburg County Public Health and she has an interest in health data and numbers. Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the patterns, causes, and effects of health and disease conditions in defined populations and the branch of medical science that deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in a population. Ms. Burch spoke about how driven she is by the people behind the numbers and the stories that shape our communities. She has always had a passion for improving communication, through numbers, words and action with her red pen. What I learned about her career that I found relevant is epidemiology is most data-driven info that relies on a systematic and unbiased approach