Cynthia Changyit Levin – Global Health & Education Advocate

Today, Tes talks with Cynthia Changyit Levin. Cynthia Changyit Levin is an American activist for global health and education. In 2003, she left a career in automotive engineering to become a stay-at-home mom. Her new maternal perspective helped her see difficulties of mothers raising children in poverty more clearly, but added to worries about the future her children would live in. Engaging in advocacy helped her move from feeling helpless about the world’s problems to serving as a board member of a top international advocacy organization and accepting invitations to take part in World Bank meetings and a UN Foundation trip to Africa. For the past 13 years, she has led and coached volunteer advocates with RESULTS, the United Nations Foundation, and CARE. Levin is a former staff member and board member of RESULTS/RESULTS Educational Fund, an international anti-poverty advocacy group. In addition to regularly visiting the offices of members of U.S. Congress, she writes opinion pieces for newspapers about issues of poverty and health. She has been published in The New York Times, the Financial Times, and many local newspapers across the United States. She blogs about her experiences in parenting and advocacy in the “Anti-Poverty Mom Blog” and is the author of the upcoming book “From Changing Diapers to Changing the World: Why Moms Make Great Advocates and How to Get Started.” For more info: www.changyit.com NOTE: We had a few audio issues on this recording. We're working out the kinks still!