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title: Laura R. Prieto
date: 2023-12-18T16:00:00-05:00
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[Who We Are](/who-we-are)# Laura R. Prieto

Program Director  

![Headshot of Laura Prieto](data:image/png;base64,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)

Laura R. Prieto, PhD, is program director of Our Bodies Ourselves and scholar-in-residence at Suffolk University’s Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights.   
  
She is a multilingual public humanist, feminist researcher, and scholar of transnational, intersectional women’s and gender history. She enjoys writing and speaking on a wide range of topics in many venues, both academic and public. She currently co-directs the [Mary Eliza Project](https://www.boston.gov/departments/archives-and-records-management/mary-eliza-project-boston-women-voters-1920) and is working on a book about women’s suffrage activism in the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.   
  
She is a graduate of Wellesley College and Brown University. In her previous position at Simmons University, she not only taught and mentored students, but also developed grant-funded programs, exhibits, and projects to engage communities in thinking about their complex relationships to the past. You can learn more about her at [LauraRPrieto.com](https://www.laurarprieto.com/).   
  
She is delighted to be part of the vital, historical legacy of Our Bodies Ourselves, empowering women and gender-expansive people by sharing knowledge about our health and our lives.

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