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          Justine Ang Fonte, M.Ed, MPH

        • "Health is the state of complete

          physical, emotional, and social well-being,

          and not merely

          the absence of disease or infirmity."

          -World Health Organization

        • Hi, I'm Justine!

          I use she/they pronouns.

          I come from a family of Philippine immigrants, am a child of colonization, student of decolonization, and have reveled in disrupting health education for 10 years.

           

          Real Talk:

          We can all learn about health but we don't have equal access to it. Framing my pedagogy through the lens of Kimberlé Crenshaw's teachings on intersectionality, I interrogate how our multifaceted identities shape how we experience health. I believe it is the responsibility of comprehensive health education to be about social justice because health is a human right. Through my teaching, I promote agency, activate empathy, fight for equity, embrace one's authentic self, and navigate care.

           

          Also:

          • born on Ohlone Territory, living on Lenape Territory, and learning how to indigenize the lands I am on (Cupertino-born, Manhattan-based)
          • Co-Creator of Raised Pinay
          • Board of Directors VP of Roots of Health
          • Director of Health & Wellness at a K-12 school
          • highly motivated by half-baked cookies, mangoes, rice, and tickets to stand up comedy shows

          Things I did before:

          • UC San Diego: Bachelor's in Psychology & captained the NCAA Women's Tennis Team
          • University of Hawai`i at Mānoa: Master's in Education in Teaching and surfed 3-4' waves
          • Columbia University: Master's in Public Health in Sexuality and completed many food tours

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        • my teaching journey

          My career started in an American middle school math classroom. There, I experienced first-hand the direct impact that insufficient health education and access to care had on my students and their learning.

           

          I teach in K-12 schools, present to universities, speak on panels and conferences, train faculty and parents, and consult in both public and private institutions who are seeking to build socially just and comprehensive health programming.

           

          Healthy students make for stronger learners yet systemic health disparities affect the school experience and through education projects I've done in the Philippines, I know that this is not unique to the United States.

           

          When I'm building with schools, I develop health programs that are intersectional, anti-racist, sex-positive, multidisciplinary, stigma-busting, and relevant. (If some of those terms are unfamiliar, know that they are almost synonymous.)

        • Why did I choose this career?

          Watch an excerpt from the 2015 Independent School Health Leader's Conference in Raleigh, NC

        "I am the dream my ancestors dreamed would free them."

        -The Journey of a Brown Girl

        "Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter." -African Proverb

        "Island women rise, walang makakatigil. Alamin ang 'yong ugat." -Ruby Ibarra

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