Master in Psychology with emphasis in Education from Catholic University of Honduras

Additional Degrees and Certifications:
•Undergraduate degree in Psychology, Catholic University of Honduras (graduated in 2007)
•Graduated Fellow of the Youth Leadership in Sexual and Reproductive Health (GOJoven) Program (2009)

Ivonne Miranda is a psychologist and trainer, with an undergraduate and a master’s degree in Psychology with an emphasis in Education from the Catholic University of Honduras. She is a young woman of Garifuna ethnicity who still speaks her native language. Ivonne currently resides in her native Santa Fe, department of Colón, Honduras, where she trains local young leaders on sexual and reproductive health issues from a human rights perspective for the project “Together Preventing Pregnancy in Adolescents in Honduras,” implemented by Asociación GOJoven Honduras. As a GOJoven Alumni Fellow in Honduras, Ivonne is an active founding member of Asociación GOJoven Honduras alongside other young Honduran leaders trained by the GOJoven International Program, who came together to create their own youth-led, youth-serving AYRSH organization in 2014. As a young leader in her community, she was selected for the GOJoven Fellowship in 2009 at the age of 25. Ivonne has also worked as a psychologist for nearly six years providing individual mental health counseling to adolescents at the Hospital Dr. Salvador Paredes Adolescent Health Center in Trujillo, Honduras, where she integrated sexual and reproductive health education and services into the Center’s work, as well as into her own counseling. In the future, Ivonne wants to continue training young people in family planning issues, advising them about their sexual and reproductive rights, as she believes an empowered and informed young person is guaranteed to be more committed to being a change agent for him/herself and others.

“A young Garifuna woman leader from rural remote Honduras, Ivonne’s first-hand knowledge of youth & adolescents’ barriers to FP drove her to be an expert trainer, counselor & advocate with Honduras’ leading youth SRHR organization, GOJoven Honduras.
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– Susanna Moore, Program Manager at GOJoven International at Public Health Institute

Describe your contributions to and achievements in family planning.

I’ve worked for nearly 6 years in a comprehensive adolescent clinic providing family planning and HIV/AIDS counseling, explaining the correct use of contraceptive methods in a youth-friendly manner. Currently, I’m the lead trainer for a cohort of 20 young SRHR leaders (ages 15-27) in the Department of Colon, Honduras, to create the Colon Youth SRHR Platform, which will be the fourth Youth Platform created under the auspices of GOJoven Honduras Association since 2015.

What sparked your passion for family planning?

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If you are named a winner of 120 under 40, how will you use this new platform and the $1000 grant to advance your work?

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