Guest Blogger Sebastian Maldonado, B.S., Public Health--Internship Highlights

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Guest Blogger Sebastian Maldonado, B.S., Public Health--Internship Highlights

My name is Sebastian Maldonado and I am a departing intern at More Than Sex-Ed (MTSE). Thus far, I have loved my time here and have learned many invaluable lessons that will go beyond my time here. The ideology and culture at MTSE that I have picked up on is that every child deserves the opportunity to learn comprehensive sex ed that goes beyond the traditional meaning. MTSE's curriculum and facilitators make children feel that it is ok to have questions about themselves and others, while giving them an open discourse to voice these questions. These curricula also look to set up an open environment beyond the classrooms, such as at home. Talking to parents and caregivers and giving them access to expert facilitators is a great way to set up this kind of environment.

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Guest Blogger Griselda Gines, B.S., Public Health, Shares Her Journey Story

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Guest Blogger Griselda Gines, B.S., Public Health, Shares Her Journey Story

This past fall, Cal State Northridge Intern Griselda Gines researched external professional development opportunities for the MTSE team. She has expressed to us that this internship allowed her to reflect upon the importance of sexual health education, and to understand that comprehensive sex ed includes a broad scope of issues. She has written this deeply personal blog post in which she shares her personal truth, which has helped to heal and strengthen her. We’ve loved having Griselda as part of our team, and we are certain she will continue to advocate for healthy conversations about sex.

TW: child sexual abuse, sexual assault, miscarriage

I grew up in a strict Catholic Mexican household in which, as a woman, we had daily chores to do and were expected to behave a certain way. Every Sunday we attended mass and had dinner at 6pm everyday followed by chores and our favorite telenovelas. At an early age, my two sisters and I knew when there was anything sexual being displayed on TV; we had to look away. My grandmother took care of her 7 grandkids until I was six years old. After that my sisters and I would stay home alone until my parents came home.

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Public Health in a Pandemic--Guest Blogger Laura Gulizia

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Public Health in a Pandemic--Guest Blogger Laura Gulizia

“Seriously?” I say to myself as I hear that word on my television: pandemic. Oh, sure I know what that means since my major at Cal State Northridge is Public Health and as a student, I am taught and tested on the different disease outbreaks pretty much every semester. Yep, I chose to be in Public Health about a year before the global pandemic that is called COVID 19 decided to spread like wildfire throughout this world. So, what does this mean for me?

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