Miriam Zoila Pérez
At NLIRH, Miriam manages the website and online Instantes newsletter, NLIRH's blog and online action alerts. Miriam is based in Washington, DC.
Miriam is a Swarthmore College graduate, with a B.A. in Anthropology and minors in Spanish and Latin American Studies. While at Swarthmore, she was an active member of the pro-choice and feminist movements on campus, as well as a sexual health counselor. She focused her academic study on traditional and alternative birth practices, working both with midwives in Ecuador as well as women in the United States. Miriam is a trained doula, and is founder and sole-blogger at radicaldoula.com. She is an Editor at feministing.com and her writing has appeared in a number of online publications including The American Prospect, RH Reality Check and The Nation. Miriam is a member of the Board of Directors of the Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective and the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice.
