Mayra Lizzette Yñiguez, Cnm, Whnp, Msn, Mph Email & Phone Number

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The “California Future of Abortion Council” (CA FAB Council) is comprised of reproductive freedom and sexual and reproductive health care allies, partners, and leaders. The CA FAB Council works in collaboration with policymakers, researchers, advocates, providers, patients, and key constituents to determine potential challenges in the state and recommend.

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Task Force to update CMQCC's Toolkit to Support Vaginal Birth and Reduce Primary Cesareans

Los Angeles And Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Provide comprehensive pregnancy, childbirth, and family education coaching for doulas of color.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Developed and managed voting campaign for education, research and legislative policy priorities.
• Managed Latina leadership development program, including research briefings, policy development, lobby visits, and community presentations. Helped pass AB 154 (Atkins), which expanded early abortion access.
• Facilitated Spanish trainings on sex-positive anatomy and physiology, community engagement, and voting.
• Facilitated health education for pregnant and parenting youth program.

Pasadena And The San Gabriel Valley

• Developed scientifically-accurate, comprehensive, and culturally- and age-appropriate curriculum for K 12, foster and transitional age youth, college youth, and adult/parent groups.
• Managed leadership development of high school peer educators on multiple campuses.
• Provided multilingual health education and counseling in LA County Women’s Correctional Facility, classrooms, health fairs, conferences, and via social media and text messaging. Topics included healthy relationships.

• Research Coordinator for Maternal Health and Genetics for the Community Child Health Network, a multisite observational Community-Partnered Participatory Research study funded by the National Institute of Health. The.
• Coordinated a community-partnered participatory research study funded by the NIH on multigenerational maternal and child health and stress (i.e., racism, postpartum depression, environment, and immigration).
• Coordinated, participated, and trained staff for home visits and interviews, hospital engagement, recruitment, biological sample collection and handling, and data management in Spanish and English.
• Provided oversight of grant and IRB submissions, protocol development, and management of staff at three hospitals and community office.
• Developed national manuals for basic anthropometric and biological screenings (i.e., HbA1C, Lipids, BP, and BMI)https://www.nichd.nih.gov/research/supported/Pages/cchn.aspx

Los Angeles

• Conducted sexual health education and counseling, in classrooms, health fairs, over phone via counseling hotline, and at county trainings.
• Made referrals, updated educational materials, and assisted with website development.
• Developed mock sexual health curriculum for LA County juvenile detention facilities. The intent was to increase knowledge, intent to practice healthy behaviors, perceived self-control, and self-efficacy in the.

UCLA

• Worked under the guidance of Dr. Hayes-Bautista.
• Lectured discussions for Public Health/Chicana/o Studies M106: Health in the Latino Population.
• Conducted two, hour-long class sessions per week for 70 students.
• Prepared lectures, handouts, testing and graded material, graded assignments.
• Topics covered: Health Services and Policy, Latin American Historical Health, and Health in the Latino Population in the US and in Latin America.

Doctor Of Nursing Practice, Women'S Health Nurse/Nursing

Women'S Health Nurse Practioner And Certified Nurse Midwife, Obstetrics And Gynecology

Activities and Societies: Associated Students of the School of Nursing- Diversity Liason, Student Nurse Midwives of Color, Nursing.

Master'S Of Public Health, Community Health And Preventive Medicine

Activities and Societies: Students of Color for Public Heath

Bs, Psychobiology, Chicano/A Studies, & Public Health