Sharon A. Rachel, M.A., M.P.H.

Contraception, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Sexuality and Technology.
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Sharon Rachel grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and is the middle of three children.

As an undergraduate at the University of South Carolina, Sharon became a peer health educator and began presenting on body image, eating disorders, nutrition, fitness and stress, and graduated with her B.A. in Women’s Studies and Sociology in 2001. She then went on to pursue an M.A. in Women’s Studies at The Ohio State University, graduating in 2003. During that time she taught an undergraduate course in women’s health, where she found her passion in sexual health education and so then went on to earn an M.P.H. from Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health in 2005. She is also a Certified Health Education Specialist.

Sharon has worked for the Center of Excellence for Sexual Health at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, since 2007. She also works as a sexuality educator on both a pro bono and consulting basis, and has developed sexuality education materials that have been translated to Spanish and Mandarin. She has given trainings and presentations at middle schools, high schools and churches in the Atlanta area, and is also a regular guest lecturer at Emory University, Kennesaw State University and Argosy University. She also offered her expertise to men, women and couples while working at an adult store for six months. Her areas of expertise include contraception, sexually transmitted infections, abstinence, sexual behaviors and expressions, sexual violence and coercion, and sexuality and technology.

Sharon is a member of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS). She is currently in the process of accumulating the contact hours required to become an AASECT certified sexuality educator. Sharon currently resides in Atlanta with her two cats.