Jessica Mecklosky

Jessica Mecklosky (MD) is a Fellow in our Leadership Training Academy Class of 2027 and specializes in Pediatrics. Reflections on work, advocacy, and sources of joy are shared below.

What are your clinical or research interests?

Adolescent reproductive healthcare and advocacy, comprehensive evidence-based sex-ed,  juvenile justice, addressing the criminalization of Black youth, school-based healthcare, abortion access for all.

What current policy issue motivates you to be an advocate?

Abortion restrictions throughout the US, the policing of youth, particularly youth of color, restrictions to comprehensive sexual education, lack of support/ resources for families with children.

What local justice-centered organization do you wish we knew about?

The California Abundant Birth Project, Women with a Vision in Louisiana, and the New Orleans Reproductive Health Project (NOARHP).

What is bringing you joy these days?

Living somewhere where there are endless activities and I can be outdoors all year round!

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