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Author: Melissa Otterbein

Melissa is from Flourtown, Pennsylvania. She worked as an HIV research assistant at Johns Hopkins University, where she also pursued a Master of Public Health. Melissa graduated cum laude from Towson University with a bachelor's degree in family studies & community development. While at Towson, she swam for four years as a Division I scholar athlete. She writes freelance about gender, social justice, and spirituality. Melissa is a triathlete and dedicates her races to advocating for women's inclusion in the Tour de France.

“Why Don’t Men Menstruate?” Sexual Health Education as a Human Right

As Global Health Corps fellows, we believe health is a human right. Coming into GHC, I certainly believed this, but also felt as though calling something a “human right” has become a “sexy” buzzword trend. Sometimes the word seems so quotidian that almost everything is becoming valued as a human right. I share an office, […]

This Year.

…This year will be transformational. I know, it’s a buzz-word that I was skeptical of in the beginning, but now I have no other word for it. This year will be heart and passion. This year will look like finally living the life I always wanted to live. This is the year for trying. Of […]

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