Books By Shonali Choudhury - Author

Shonali Choudhury, PhD, MMH, was born on December 17, 1979 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and died in Miami, FL on November 14, 2014. She graduated from Saint John’s School in the Condado of San Juan and completed her B.A. at Bard College in upstate New York.  As a child she wanted to be a medical doctor, but during her university years she decided to study social problems that affect health. Her senior thesis looked at mental health care of uprooted Puerto Ricans in upstate New York. After graduation she worked with the HIV Health Services Planning Council in Newark, NJ and went on to earn a PhD in Public Health at UCLA in 2009, where she earned the Elizabeth Blackwell Award for outstanding work on women’s health. Her research on female sex workers in Tijuana for her dissertation required personal courage that reflected her passionate commitment to women’s rights and helping disadvantaged populations gain access to health care. After graduation Shonali worked with theHispanic Health Council and the Institute for