As leaders we need to stand up, fight, and motivate others to join the sexual health and rights movement so that our generation can create healthy communities and strong future leaders.

Ana Laura is a member of the Young Women of Color Leadership Council.

Coming from an extreme conservative Hispanic community and no sexual health education, there was a high percentage of pregnancy during my high school years. As a result, I became involved in youth sexual health and rights movement. Many of my friends including myself did not know anything about sexual health education. Fortunately for me, I learned during my first-year in college. However, some of my friends were pregnant or married with children by that time. I was frustrated by the cycle of early pregnancy. Young Hispanic women of color are unaware of resources and programs of how to have programs and sex-education. If Texas allowed complete and accurate sexual health education, large numbers of women as well as men would get informed, and have access to health resources. Most importantly, rates of pregnancy and STDs would decrease. As leaders we need to stand up, fight, and motivate others to join the sexual health and rights movement so that our generation can create healthy communities and strong future leaders.