Hi there, I’m Sandra Phanita Kumwong, I am a full-spectrum doula and current DO student at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harlem, NY. I’m a born and raised New Yorker with Thai-Mon-Teochew heritage. I obtained my Bachelor’s in Sociology with minors in Asian American Studies and Biology from Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College. I was a Community Health Program Coordinator at the National Black Leadership Commission on Health where I implemented NYC’s first COVID outreach and vaccination equity programs. I’m passionate about Reproductive Justice and worked as a sexual health educator in a youth clinic (The Door NYC), in public high schools (Peer Health Exchange), and as a gynecological skills instructor for students in medical professions. I plan to practice sexual and reproductive health care with holistic and justice-minded lenses. I currently train and mentor young doulas and reproductive justice advocates with Advocates for Youth. You can read some of my works in “Becoming an Abortion Doula” in Colonize This! 2nd edition and Rewire News’ “Why Asian Americans Need Better Sex Ed”. In my spare time, I love to take long walks with no destinations, practice yoga, and bird watch!