Country of Residence
United States
Age
15
Project title
Her Health Her Future: A Youth-Led Movement for Menstrual Equity
Project Summary: Describe your project in one sentence
Her Health Her Future is a youth-led movement advancing menstrual equity through community education, direct resource distribution, global outreach, policy advocacy, and youth leadership, turning conversations about menstrual and women’s health into action locally and around the world.
Website URL(s) or social media handles.
Herhealthherfuture.org| Insta: @Herhealthherfuturefoundation| https://www.linkedin.com/company/herhealthherfuture/posts/| Suhinasingh.com
Project Category
My project is an existing project that I started
Project Stage
Scaling (We’re expanding impact to new locations or in new and innovative ways)
Founding Story: What was the spark that led you to start your project? What was the "Aha!" moment that led you to get started and see the potential for this to succeed?
Growing up in an immigrant family, I saw how easily conversations about women’s health could become conversations that never happened. My mother experienced symptoms of PCOS for years without knowing what was happening. She was not diagnosed until her early 30s, spending years without answers or support. What stayed with me most was the silence. She was scared to talk about her symptoms because of the stigma surrounding women’s health and reproductive health. She suffered quietly instead of feeling comfortable asking questions or advocating for herself. As I grew older, I realized her experience was not unique. Many women and girls grow up believing that periods, reproductive health, and women’s health are embarrassing topics. When people are afraid to talk, they can also be afraid to seek help. That became my “aha” moment. I wanted to create a movement where women’s health could be discussed, understood, and advocated for without shame. That vision became Her Health Her Future Foundation. HHF grew into a youth led movement focused on Educate, Advocate, and Elevate. Through Her Talks, Her Global, Pad the Policy, and Letters to Legislation, we work to make women’s health more accessible while empowering young people to create change. My mother showed me what silence can cost. HHF is my way of making sure the next generation does not have to suffer in silence.
The Problem: What problem are you helping to solve? Why does it matter to you and your community?
Menstrual health is often treated as a private issue when it is actually a major health, education, and equity issue. Many girls and women still face barriers to menstrual products, accurate health education, and the ability to openly advocate for their health. In communities where resources are limited, the consequences can be even greater. A lack of products can affect school attendance, confidence, and participation in everyday life. At the same time, stigma and misinformation can prevent young people from asking questions or seeking help. What makes this problem especially important to me is that young people are often talked about as the future of change, but they are rarely given the opportunity to lead that change themselves. Her Health Her Future addresses both sides of the problem: access and empowerment. We work to provide resources while also giving young people the knowledge, leadership experience, and platform to advocate for menstrual and women's health. Our community does not just need more conversations about the problem. We need young people equipped to become part of the solution.
Your Solution: How are you solving this problem? Share your specific solution.
Her Health Her Future uses a youth-led model that combines education, direct service, global outreach, and advocacy rather than treating menstrual health as only a product-access issue. Our work is organized through three campaigns: Educate, Advocate, and Elevate. Educate focuses on bringing menstrual and women's health education directly into communities. Through Her Talks, we work with underserved communities and youth to create spaces where people can learn about menstrual health and ask questions without stigma. Advocate focuses on changing the systems surrounding menstrual health. Through initiatives such as Pad the Policy, we engage young people in conversations around period equity and policy, including advocacy around the period tax. Elevate focuses on empowering young people to become leaders themselves. Instead of making young people passive volunteers, we give them opportunities to organize events, fundraise, educate others, build partnerships, and lead initiatives. Our global work expands this model beyond Indiana. Through Her Global, we work toward providing menstrual products and resources across multiple countries, connecting local youth leadership with global menstrual equity. The goal is not simply to distribute a product. It is to create a cycle where someone receives a resource, gains knowledge, becomes more comfortable discussing the issue, and ultimately has the opportunity to advocate for change themselves.
Impact: How has your project created impact / made a difference so far? Or, if at an early stage, what will impact look like?
Her Health Her Future has grown from a youth-led idea into a growing movement with impact at the local, national, and global level. So far, our work has: - Reached 1,500+ women and community members - Distributed 1,000+ menstrual products - 20+ Health Workshops - Engaged 30+ youth leaders - Expanded outreach across five global countries - Built three major campaigns: Educate, Advocate, and Elevate Our impact is not only measured by the number of products distributed. We measure success by whether people leave our programs with more knowledge, more confidence, and a greater willingness to advocate for themselves and others. Our youth leaders have also become part of the impact. They have helped organize events, support outreach, educate communities, fundraise, build partnerships, and advocate for menstrual equity. As HHF grows, our goal is to reach more communities while building a network of young people who can take what they learn and create change in their own schools, communities, and countries.
Your Innovation: What is different about your project compared to other programs or solutions already out there? How is your project new or innovative?
Her Health Her Future is expanding how young people engage with women’s health by combining leadership, advocacy, education, research, and community action. We do not want women’s health to be discussed only when there is already a problem. We want people to understand their health across every stage of life. Our work is expanding beyond menstrual health and general health equity to include PCOS, postpartum health, premenopause, postmenopause, reproductive health, and other areas that are often overlooked. This allows us to approach women’s health as a lifelong experience rather than one isolated issue. We are also intentional about how we communicate. Through approachable, youth centered branding and language, we make conversations that can feel uncomfortable or overly clinical more welcoming. We want people to feel comfortable asking questions, sharing experiences, and becoming advocates for themselves and others. Research is another major area of growth. Her Health Her Future already has two research papers under its belt, and we are developing a Her Health Her Future research collection and journal to create a platform for research focused on women’s health. This will help connect research, education, and community needs while giving young people opportunities to contribute to the conversation. Our leadership model is equally important. Young people are not simply volunteers. They help lead campaigns, organize events, educate communities, advocate for policy change, conduct outreach, and shape the organization’s future. Our innovation is bringing education, advocacy, research, community action, and youth leadership together while expanding the conversation to every stage of women’s health.
How many people are on your team?
32
Your team: What role(s) do your team members play? How do you share leadership with them?
Our 32 member team includes me as CEO and Founder, four cofounders serving as CMO, CSO, CFO, and CES, plus leads for advocacy and legislation and research and health development. We also have a risk management lead with 3 HR members, a 3 person finance and fundraising team, a Secretary of Events and Marketing, 7 interns, and volunteers. Leaders own their areas while collaborating across teams.
What’s Next: What are the next steps you plan to take to grow or strengthen your project over the next year? If your project is still in the idea stage, describe the steps you will take over the next three months to launch or begin developing it.
Over the next year, Her Health Her Future plans to expand our university presence and use each campus as a hub for education, leadership, advocacy, and research. Our first university cohort will launch branches at Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University Indianapolis, and Purdue University. Our second cohort will expand to Michigan State University, Northwestern University, and the University of Illinois Chicago. These university chapters will help us bring HHF’s educational outreach into more communities while giving students opportunities to lead Her Talks, Her Global, Pad the Policy, and our other campaigns. We also plan to establish state chapters across additional states, creating a larger network of young changemakers. As HHF grows, we hope to explore potential international chapters in different countries as well. Alongside this expansion, we will build our research cohort and Her Health Her Future research collection, creating opportunities for students and young researchers to contribute to women’s health research. Our goal is to use this growing university and chapter network to strengthen our existing programs, expand Her Talks and Her Global, increase educational outreach, and build a sustainable international movement for women’s health.
How do you encourage other people to join your project or learn about the problem you’re working on? If you have a new idea, tell us how you will do this in the future.
We make it easy for people to find a place within HHF that matches their interests. We offer several internship opportunities across areas such as advocacy, research, events, marketing, fundraising, and outreach, along with opportunities for volunteers to contribute their time and skills. We also want HHF to be shaped by the people who join it. We actively encourage students and community members to bring us new ideas, especially ideas that could grow through our university chapters, state chapters, and future international chapters. If someone has an idea that connects with our mission, we want to hear it and explore how we can turn it into something meaningful. As we expand, there will be more ways to get involved through leadership positions, internships, volunteering, chapter development, research, campaigns, and new initiatives. Our goal is to create an organization where people do not just join HHF, but have the opportunity to help shape what HHF becomes next.
