Ahniya Jones is a rising senior at The Ohio State University from Toledo, Ohio. She identifies as a Queer, Black woman and uses she/her/hers pronouns. She is majoring in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and minoring in Fashion and Retail Studies. She believes that art, fashion, and design can be used as creative tools for not only personal freedom but also collective liberation. She spends her free time doing photography, caring for her plants, and learning how to sew.

My name is Amanda and I am a queer Native Hawaiian woman who brings love and compassion to my work and my surroundings. I play Water Polo, enjoy lounging on the beach and get excited to watch movies with my dog. My family’s experience of marginalization throughout the colonization of Hawai'i has fueled my drive to work within social justice and dismantle systemic oppression.

Angel is a non-binary and Zapotec person from Los Angeles who loves film, photography, and poetry. They hope to use the connection between art and social justice to create a better world for themselves and the people they care about. Their academic interests lie in film and history. They love cats, Minecraft, and talking about revolutionary ideas.

Asia (she/her) is a rising junior at Spelman College studying Comparative Women’s Studies with a concentration in women’s health. She is from Vicksburg, MS, and prides herself on being from the Deep South. Asia is passionate about abortion access, menstrual equity, and birth outcomes for Black birthing people. Asia is an ambassador for The Pad Project, a Next Generation Leadership Institute Fellow for In Our Own Voice: Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, and the co-founder of 601 for Period Equity, a grassroots organization fighting period poverty in marginalized communities.

Chandani is a Brooklyn native, trained full-spectrum doula, and radio journalist studying maternity and political theory at New York University. When she isn't making radio and reading about reproduction, she's either babysitting or working on her pie crust.

I am Daniela Juarez and I am a junior at the University of Texas at Dallas. One of my biggest passions is to bring awareness to the undocumented community. I have had internships that focus on nuclear weapons and immigrant rights. As someone who immigrated to the United States, I believe that the federal government should do more to address the problems in the undocumented community. I am hoping to get my PhD in Sociology to conduct research on undocumented students.

Hi, my name is Evonne Sherman. I am a rising senior at Coastal Carolina University as well as a native to the Myrtle Beach/Conway area in South Carolina. My all time favorite writer is James Baldwin, and I live by one of his most famous quotes: Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Isabel (she/her/hers) is a rising senior at Rollins and Florida native. She loves taking care of her plants (50+), painting, and volunteer raising a service puppy in training named Ranger.

Jayleen is a rising senior at Davidson College majoring in Gender and Sexuality Studies. She was born and raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts, a predominantly low income and Latino community. Jayleen’s interest in labor rights and reproductive justice have been shaped by her upbringing in Lawrence and the issues currently facing her community. In the future Jayleen hopes to provide both midwife and doula services to low income women.

Kaitlyn is a rising senior at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor majoring in Gender and Health. After undergrad, she hopes to get a Masters in Public Health, specifically in Health Equity and Administration and she also hopes to soon be a certified doula. Kaitlyn is passionate about many social justice issues including reducing disparities for marginalized birthing peoples and increasing access to reproductive resources and education in marginalized communities.

Melvin grew up in San Antonio, Texas and Rockville, Maryland, though his family now lives in Dayton, Ohio and he goes to school in the mountains of northwestern Massachusetts. He's currently a junior at Williams College majoring in religion and studying Spanish and Arabic. He is often thinking about environmental justice, trans liberation, and oat milk.

Michaela Minnis (she/her) is a rising senior studying Public Policy with a minor in Gender Health at the University of Michigan, where she's involved in a variety of campus organizations and has taken on leadership roles in Delta Gamma Phi, Students of Color in Public Policy, and the Global Scholars Program. She plans to become a policy advocate for reproductive health and justice and Black maternal health using research, storytelling, and community engagement to create people-centered solutions grounded in reproductive, racial, and economic justice.

Oghenemarho Avworo grew up in Nigeria and later moved to Houston, Texas. At Houston Baptist University, Marho is a Medical Humanities major with a concentration on pre-medicine. She is currently a peer mentor, an advocate for the underserved communities and has worked as a certified pharmacy technician since her senior year of high school with Walgreens. Marco is active in her community and does not miss the chance to volunteer in the church. During the pandemic, she created a Bible study to reach those who needed someone to talk to through social media.

I am a first-generation, third-year student at UC San Diego and have lived in SoCal my whole life! My efforts and time have been focused on student advocacy work, cultural awareness projects, and political organizing. I am motivated by my beautiful immigrant family and the Afghan chai that keeps me functioning. I’m currently working on sewing my own clothes and learning to live sustainably.

Silvia Martinez Segura, 27. I'm originally from Mexico and came to the US in 2001 at the age of 7. I'm a former DACA recipient, first-generation college student pursuing a degree, and career as a SANE nurse, and in policy around reproductive justice and immigration. I love to watch movies with my partner, especially scary ones; I like to walk by the lake, and love rainy, cloudy, foggy days!

Thamara is a student at American University in Washington D.C studying philosophy. She is passionate about reproductive justice and anti-violence work so she is excited to be able to work with Georgia WAND as a RRASC intern. In her free time, she enjoys reading, reality tv, making playlists, and a good spin class!