Tiffani Mason is a K-12 Educator. Her current role allows her to serve as support to many districts as a Curriculum Specialist for Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE) with the Contra Costa County Office of Education. Her experience as an educator has demonstrated a long history of working in secondary comprehensive, continuation, and court and community schools. She trains and supports middle and high school instructors teaching classroom-based substance abuse prevention programs. She also supports all districts in the county with their administration of the California School Climate, Health, and Learning Survey (Cal-SCHLS) System. Tiffani recognizes the importance of tobacco prevention education and believes her work is most important in building resiliency among youth.