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CUNY SPH is delighted to welcome Cheyanda Onuoha (she/her) to the staff as the Sexual and Reproductive Justice Hub Manager. Cheyanda’s work focuses on the development of the SRJ Hub’s research, curriculum, advocacy, and special events programming and raising its profile within the CUNY system and with the Harlem, city and state, and global partners.
Most recently, Cheyanda served as the associate director of UX research strategy at Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) where she led the development of UX research strategy across digital products, centering user and community insights in the iteration of products. Prior to that, she served as the associate director of learning engagement and special projects at PPFA. Cheyanda’s work focused on the provision of subject matter expertise to sex education-related national communications, content, and digital products, as well as the strategy and development of PPFA’s sex-ed centered videos .
Cheyanda is a proud Black-Nigerian Texas-born woman who approaches her work through the lens of reproductive justice — always. She has used that commitment and passion to strengthen academia’s focus on racism as a public health issue; provide guidance on funding patterns for young women, femmes, and nonbinary youth of color; lobby members of Congress on grassroots social initiatives; and consult on television programming geared towards empowering youth in their sexual lives.
Cheyanda earned her BS in human development and sciences from the University of Texas at Austin and her master of public health from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. In her spare time, Cheyanda prioritizes rest and fun — she is a self-described foodie, budding plant parent, avid cinephile, and Radical Monarchs troop leader in Brooklyn, NY.
Join us in welcoming Cheyanda, who can be reached at Cheyanda.Onuoha@sph.cuny.edu.
