To me, FemTruth means I represent my experience without needing validation from a patriarchal society.
I find when I share my story, others say "Me too"
I honor the FemTruth in you, simply stated,
"I believe you"
Silvia, Founder, FemTruth, TM, copyright 2017 All Rights Reserved
Join the FemTruth Movement to end gender discrimination in education, medicine and policy.
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Awakening The Hero Inside An invisible illness stripped Silvia of her career, social circles and independence, challenging her to rebuild her best life possible. Silvia intimately shares how she overcame her most crushing decade, after enduring twenty-five years of gaslighting and misdiagnoses. By practicing five insightful and universal lifelines to conquer life's tragedies, she motivates and inspires her audience to awaken the hero inside. |
My FemTruth
by Silvia Young
A personal and inspiring memoir shedding light on overcoming adversity through female empowerment, perserverance and creative rebellion. From bedridden to advocacy, and the crazy train in between.
by Silvia Young
A personal and inspiring memoir shedding light on overcoming adversity through female empowerment, perserverance and creative rebellion. From bedridden to advocacy, and the crazy train in between.
GASLIT, Three-Act Play
"When I was eleven I had a secret, my insides were trying to kill me..."
"Silvia Young's play is POWERFUL! Endometriosis, first recognized during Socrates, disables 1in10. GASLIT sheds light on social injustice and challenges the audience to champion policy to end the gender abuses. Proud to be bring this play to our chapters." Eudora, Period.org
GASLIT, Three-Act Play, A FemTruth Production, is an advocacy play available to campuses and communities internationally. Ninety minutes, no costumes, sets, or rehearsals needed, just an audience ready to receive.
"Silvia Young's play is POWERFUL! Endometriosis, first recognized during Socrates, disables 1in10. GASLIT sheds light on social injustice and challenges the audience to champion policy to end the gender abuses. Proud to be bring this play to our chapters." Eudora, Period.org
GASLIT, Three-Act Play, A FemTruth Production, is an advocacy play available to campuses and communities internationally. Ninety minutes, no costumes, sets, or rehearsals needed, just an audience ready to receive.
Menstrual Equity and Intersectionality
Founder of FemTruth (TM), an advocacy platform for all female patient voices, and Menstrual Equity Coalition of California Steering Committee founding member, Silvia's work has led her to be quoted, photographed and interviewed on television and online advocating for women's health, patient's rights, endometriosis, the tampon tax, menstruation discrimination, reproductive health education, and empowerment: National Organization of Women (NOW), Women's March Bay Area, Miss CEO, the San Francisco Board of Supervisor's Healthcare Press Conference, Bay Area Town Halls on Healthcare, Planned Parenthood Northern California, PussyHat Project, Hillary Ronen, KRON-TV, WSA-TV, the San Francisco Examiner, the New York Times, and the upcoming documentary 'The Endo Army, 176 Million & Counting' and more. In 2018 Young was the honored SpotLight Speaker for the CA National Organization for Women, and recognized as a Gender Equity Award nominee. Young has also been nominated for the Patient Leader WEGO Health Awards in 2017 and 2018.
On Air
YouTube Channel, FemTruth
COMING SOON...
FemTruth Endometriosis Edition, A Collection of Stories from Courageous Women (March 1, 2019)
Flo & Friends - A Girl's Guide to Health and Wellness. A FemTruth Production (March 1, 2019)
STAY TUNED...FemTruth, The Documentary, March 2020
FemTruth Endometriosis Edition, A Collection of Stories from Courageous Women (March 1, 2019)
Flo & Friends - A Girl's Guide to Health and Wellness. A FemTruth Production (March 1, 2019)
STAY TUNED...FemTruth, The Documentary, March 2020
