News & Commentary written by Kiana Joy Yabut

Kiana Joy Yabut is a graduate from the University of Guam, where she double majored in political science and public administration. During her time in the 33rd Guam Youth Congress, where she represented the University, she served as the chairwoman on the Committee on Health and Human Services and Gender Affairs. The daughter of Filipino immigrants, Kiana spent the first half of her childhood in Hawai'i, and later moved to Guam. At the age of 22, she is now an activist for reproductive rights, fighting for safe access to reproductive health care in the island she calls home.