Melea Banaszak is an AmeriCorps VISTA member serving as their Capacity Building Coordinator with the Wrapped In Love Diaper Bank (Prescott Valley). With a degree in Public Health, Psychology, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), she has sought to support communities from an intersectional viewpoint. Passionate about women’s health issues, Melea has been an advocate for gender equality for many years and has worked with the United Nations Foundation Organization, Girl Up, and her college’s Office of Sexual Assault Prevention Education. In her role with the diaper bank, she has initiated and continued to expand the period product campaign, providing schools and homeless liaisons with much-needed feminine hygiene products. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, exploring the outdoors, yoga, and curling up with a good book.

Connect with her on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/meleabanaszak or learn more about Wrapped In Love Diaper Bank at www.wrappedinlovediaperbank.org.