
Monica Jasis
Founder & Director, Centro Mujeres
Dr. Monica Jasis is a physician graduated from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Mexico) with a Master in Public Health from San Diego State University (Mate rnal andChild Health) and a Ph(D) in Psychological Research from Universidad Iberoamericana(Mexico). She also holds a Post doc in Reproductive Health Policy Research by U.C. SanFrancisco (Institute for Health Policy Studies) and is a graduate from the Center for theStudies of Human Rights at Columbia University. Dr. Jasis is co-founder and co-directorof Centro Mujeres, the only non-governmental organization in the state of Baja CaliforniaSur working for sexual and reproductive health and rights for women, adolescents, youth and migrant populations. Prior to founding Centro Mujeres, Dr. Jasis was the Director of Preventive Medicine at La Paz General Hospital in Baja California Sur. She also worked in the non-profit worldsince 1988, in community health, pioneering organizations in the U.S.-Mexico border.