Lindsey Murphy, PhD, CCLS, is an Assistant Professor and Graduate Child Life Studies Program Director at Missouri State University in Springfield, MO, USA. She got her doctoral degree from University of Missouri, where she studied the experiences of first responders working with children during emergency events. She co-founded the nonprofit organization, Child Life Disaster Relief (CLDR), in 2016. She served on the CLDR Board of Directors from 2016-2020, and led a team of Certified Child Life Specialists nationwide that worked to integrate child life specialists into their communities during crises. She has been a Certified Child Life Specialist since 2009, she began her career in the level 1 Pediatric Trauma and Emergency Department and continued her clinical work later in the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. She is on the Founding Council for the Child Life Academic Society and currently serves on the Association of Child Life Professionals Community-Based Practice Committee.