Aisha Mays, MD
CEO and Founder
Dream Youth Clinic
Sessions
Do I Really Have a Choice? Centering Reproductive Justice For Pregnant and Parenting Youth
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Sat
Dr. Aisha Mays, is a Family Physician who focuses on Adolescent Medicine. She is the CEO and Founder of the Dream Youth Clinic in Oakland, California and a Clinical Researcher with the UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health. Dr. Mays is an innovative adolescent healthcare leader and has special clinical, teaching, and research expertise on youth affected by sex trafficking and reproductive justice for young mothers. Her work focuses on providing inclusive adolescent family planning within a reproductive justice framework and on elevating the expertise of young people who choose to parent as a way to shift the national paradigm on young motherhood. Her work has been featured in news outlets including, Ms. Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, and Cosmopolitan Magazine. Dr. Mays believes that passion, creativity, critical inquiry and building community are keys to dismantling inequitable systems and constructing a new vision for the future of health care.