Maya Manchester

Maya Manchester founded Period101, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to fighting period poverty. Period poverty is the lack of access to menstrual hygiene products. Period101 creates period product kits, which are canvas bags filled with menstrual products and a motivational note. Manchester Co-Founded the first Period101 Chapter at Thomas A. Edison High School, and Period101 has since expanded to other schools through chapters and partnerships. Period101 has donated 3,000+ period product kits and 17,900+ individual menstrual products.  

As a First-Year Student at American University in Washington, DC, Manchester is majoring in international studies, hoping to focus on international development or human rights and pursuing a minor in French. In the past, Manchester participated in the Global Leaders of Fairfax County program as a Fellow and hopes to seek out more opportunities relating to international relations in the future.