Doing This Work is Not a Matter of Choice. It is a Matter of Duty and Social Responsibility
By Madina, former member, Young Women of Color Leadership Council, Advocates for Youth
Born in Martinique, I grew up in England and Haiti before moving to D.C. at the age of six. In 2005, I graduated from Brown University with a degree in Gender Studies and Community Health. I am currently pursuing a Master’s in Public Health. I am particularly interested in promoting the health and social, economic, and political well-being of women of color in the United States, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa.
During my undergraduate years, I served as a community health educator, undertook research on the reproductive health of Black and Latina women with the National Women’s Alliance, and conducted HIV/AIDS prevention workshops with women in Costa Rica. I also conducted research on HIV infection in Kenyan women and provided assistance to the Latina Health Initiative, a program of the Boston Women's Health Book Collective. Upon graduating, I pursued a one-year fellowship with the Congressional Hunger Center addressing domestic poverty and hunger issues at both the local and national level.
To me, doing this work is not a matter of choice. It is a matter of duty and social responsibility. After all, “to whom much is given, much is expected.”
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