Biography
Esther Mathew is a junior at The University of Texas at Dallas majoring in child development. She is passionate about improving health outcomes for women and children; she is the founder and president of The Period Project at UT Dallas, an organization that fights for menstrual equity. She has testified in support of ending the tampon tax bill in Texas and is a member of the Birth Equity Collaborative in Tarrant County. Throughout college, Mathew worked part-time as a children’s ministry intern with Bedford First United Methodist Church. After graduation, Mathew plans to attend medical school to attain her MD and master’s degree in public health in hopes of working as an OB-GYN.