'Being a Latina from the community allowed me to create real connections with the teachers who genuinely wanted to help the students.'
, teen pregnancy in the Bronx has ties to poverty, lack of access to health care services and low education levels.. And the Bronx, specifically the South Bronx, is the poorest congressional district in the nation.
After college, I became a full-time sex educator because I felt there needed to be better representation. I worked in public schools across New York City, specifically teaching young Latinas sex ed. The first nonprofit I worked for focused on Latinx communities, so I taught in schools with majority-Latinx populations. I taught high schoolers ages 16 and up about everything from healthy relationships and consent to condom usage and birth control options.
Although this was a challenge, I created allies in schools that had high resistance to sex education programs. Being a Latina from the community allowed me to create real connections with the teachers from the community who genuinely wanted to help the students. The relationships I built allowed me to enter schools I otherwise wouldn’t have been able to.
We also talk about gender identity and sexual orientation. A lot of religious Latinx community members still don’t believe in equal rights for the LGBTQ+ community. When these beliefs come up in class, I always ask the student, “Can we think about how you would feel if that same comment was made about you?” Usually, students reply with silence.
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