Eden began her journey with the JEAP Initiative at Chestnut Health Systems' Lighthouse Institute as a JEAP intern, later becoming a trainee and now serving as a Project Coordinator, often drawing on her lived experience to advance community-centered research. Eden is dedicated to elevating community voices by fostering meaningful partnerships with both researchers and community members, striving to connect these groups to enhance current and future addiction research efforts. Eden attributes many of her accomplishments—including her admission to the master's program at Johns Hopkins University through the Bloomberg School of Public Health and her selection as a recipient of the prestigious Bloomberg Fellowship—to the support and opportunities provided by the JEAP Initiative.