Introducing myself and my journal: In Her Own Voice

About Me:
Hi - I am a midwife orginally from Chicago now living in Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico. I am the Executive Director of Mujeres Aliadas a binational NGO based in human rights. We have several components to the project which include community outreach and education, two low cost women's clinics, birthing cottages and a professional midwifery school. I'm very proud of our work! Check us out www.mujeresaliadas.org.

I am very interested in this project "Voices of Our Future," and welcome any opportunity to be a part of women speaking out.

Thank you,
Brenda Madura

My Passions:
helping underserved women, writing

My Challenges:
bureaucracy, closed minded people

My Vision for the Future:
Women who are confidant enough to speak and demand to be heard

My Areas of Expertise:
Midwifery and gyne, special emphasis on sexually transmitted infections