Meet the Innovators
Our innovation teams are developing solutions that address disparities and work to improve sexual health outcomes for all youth.
3
States
5
Teams
19
Innovators
$750K
Invested
Cohort 1 Innovators
EmPOWERing K.I.N.G.S.
Fact Forward, South Carolina
EmPOWERing K.I.N.G.S (Knowledge Instills Next Generational Success) is a ten-session education curriculum and mentoring program designed to prioritize the sexual and reproductive health education of Black high school and college-aged young men.
Team Members
- Dr. Rena Dixon, Interim CEO
- Brittany Wearing, Community Investment Manager
- Katrina James, Community Investment Manager
- Damion Addison, Capacity Building Specialist
- Kyle Greene, Consultant, Consultant
Teen Talk Foster Youth
National Center for Youth Law, California
A virtual, community-based sex education series developed for youth in California foster care.
Team Members
- Cindy Cruz, Director, National Center for Youth Law’s Reproductive Health Equity Project
- Jessica Merino, Senior Program Associate, National Center for Youth Law’s Reproductive Health Equity Project
- Youth Advisory Board Member (TBD), National Center for Youth Law’s Reproductive Health Equity Project Youth Advisory Board
Let’s Talk
Teen Health Research, North Carolina
Let’s Talk is an app to support communication between parents and the young people in their lives about sexual health topics.
Team Members
- Laura Widman, PhD, CEO & Founder of THR
- Sabrina Percher, Business Development Lead
- Bianca Allison, MD, MPH, Medical Lead
Selfsea
Peer Health Exchange, California
Selfsea is an online platform co-designed with young people to provide youth with safe, inclusive, evidence-based, and identity-affirming health resources and information.
Team Members
- Eunetra Rutledge, Director of Distribution
- Christopher Wilson, AVP of Digital Impact
- LaDawn Best, Chief of Partnership
Media Aware Community Library
& Discussion Guides
iRT, North Carolina
iRT is developing a new online library and curriculum support technology to complement the evidence-based sexual health and media literacy program, Media Aware.
Team Members
- Liz Reeder, Project lead; sexual health educator, media literacy trainer, research specialist
- Jada Green, Research specialist and certified health education specialist
- Dr. Reina Evans, Research Scientist working on the recent Media Aware evaluation study
- Dr. Tracy Scull, Research Scientist and original Media Aware developer
- Richard Van Horn, Senior Web Applications Developer