Denise Baker is the parent of an amazing and talented young adult son who experiences emotional, cognitive, and medical challenges, and has received services from multiple child and adult-serving agencies throughout his life. Denise left the field of financial services and self-employment to begin work in the public behavioral health system in Arizona in 2002. The new opportunities and movement afforded to parents and caregivers at this time during Arizona’s behavioral health system reform was something Denise was passionate about and committed to joining. During the past fifteen years Denise has worked in direct service roles, facilitated and coached teams in a wrap-around practice model, supervised and trained Family Support Partners, and helped launch Arizona’s first Parent Peer Support Program at the Family Involvement Center in 2004. Denise has had the privilege of speaking at System of Care meetings in three states, and has facilitated multiple presentations at the National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health Conference, with presentations focusing on the development and implementation of peer parent support and family involvement in systems of care. Denise served as Family Involvement Director at a home and community based direct support provider agency in Phoenix. During this 10-year period, Denise developed parent program evaluation processes, parent peer supports involved with front door engagement at Intake, and ongoing parent peer support. Denise led a team of parent supports and youth who developed Youth and Family Involvement through education groups, support groups, ongoing events and activities for youth, parents, caregivers and family members to provide input into programmatic and administrative decisions at an agency level, within the larger system, and to give back to the community. Denise is currently serving as Associate Director of Training at Family Involvement Center, a Family-run organization in Phoenix, where she is pursuing her Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Denise and her husband enjoy music, cooking, time outdoors in the Arizona winters, and spending time with their son and daughter, and two granddaughters.