Angie (she/her) wants to eradicate period poverty in and out of prisons. Angie is a first-generation Hispanic American with a lived experience of period poverty, or lack of access to menstrual products and reproductive health care. In addition to working on several period poverty initiatives in the city, Angie is also a student at the Community College of Philadelphia. With a formerly incarcerated family member, Angie recognizes the need for quality health care for all folks in prison, and real pathways to rehabilitation after they leave. Through the Change the Narrative Fellowship, she hopes to build her advocacy skill set and speak out about period poverty in jails and prisons.
WOMEN’S WAY is the Greater Philadelphia region’s leading nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of women, girls, and gender and racial equity.
***When we refer to women, we mean cis and trans women and femme-identified people (which includes anyone who is not a cis or trans woman but who identifies as feminine), and also those who identify as gender-expansive, nonbinary, and/or gender-nonconforming.
