Lisa McCorkell is a Long COVID patient who is a cofounder, team lead, and researcher with the PatientLed Research Collaborative. She is also currently a CalFresh policy analyst at the California Department of Social Services. Her past projects and roles have involved analyzing data and developing policy recommendations in the fields of digital equity, economic justice, housing, and health equity. She is an author of several articles on labor and employment issues and a study on stable scheduling for hourly retail workers. She received a Masters in Public Policy from University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from University of California, Los Angeles. She is a resident of Oakland, California.