Wonewoe Eya Touglo is the Founder and Chief Executive Director of Fulfilling Destiny, a non-profit organization, serving menstruators experiencing homelessness, underprivileged, and underserved communities in the San Diego and San Jose regions. Born and raised in Togo, West Africa, Eya moved to the United State in 2004. After finishing her BS in health communication at San Diego State University in 2017, Eya spent the last five years building a vital and sustainable nonprofit organization while earning her master’s degree in nonprofit leadership and management. Driven by the desire to help others, Eya has worked with a variety of people and groups needing medical care. She has enthusiastically collaborated with diverse groups, non-profit organizations, companies, schools to create a brighter and more comfortable community for all. Since founding Fulfilling Destiny, Eya has done speaking engagements to spread awareness of her work, passions, and how people can get involved. As a very optimistic person, Eya believes she can be a help in the midst of the great needs around her. Her dreams and visions are to create a means to encourage and empower the especially vulnerable women in her community. Eya believes that women’s health is very important and she is dedicated to helping bring awareness of the lack of accessible menstrual products and challenges faced by those experiencing homelessness.

Patricia Reed is a licensed MA, MFT 33142, founder and director of New Hope Counseling since 1993. Patricia has always been concerned about the inequities in the treatment of women and believes that she needs to be actively involved with others, regard all who are needy as her neighbors, and not rely on someone else to see, act and offer help in time of need. In addition to 24 years of experience as a Marriage Family and Child Therapist, Patricia is involved in the deacon ministry at Christ Community Church in Milpitas, where she met Eya Touglo in 2008. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree Psychology at San Francisco State University, Certificate Biblical Studies, Simpson College, and holds a Masters Degree (MA MFT 33142) from Santa Clara University.

Rachael A. Record, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication at San Diego State University. She earned her B.A. (2009) in Communication from SUNY, University at Buffalo and her M.A. (2011) and Ph.D. (2014) in Communication from the University of Kentucky. She also earned a Graduate Certificate in Health Communication (2011) and in Applied Statistics (2013) from the University of Kentucky. Dr. Record teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in health communication, including Introduction to Health Communication, Community Health Communication, Health Communication & Culture, Persuasion, and Health Communication Campaigns. Her research examines health communication strategies–specifically campaigns, interventions, and social media– in order to improve public health. Her research has been published in the academic journals of Health Communication, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Journal of Health Communication, American Journal of Health Promotion, and others.

Monica graduated from San Diego State University in December 2018 where she majored in Business Management, with a double minor in TFM (Television, Film, and New Media) and Leadership Development, and is currently residing in Los Angeles, CA. In her last semester she created Students Against Human Trafficking. Their mission is to help survivors of human trafficking through various service opportunities, as well as spread awareness about the dangers of trafficking to the SDSU community through outreach events. Monica joined Fulfilling Destiny upon learning that many women experience period poverty and must resort to various outcomes, including missing out on their education and selling their bodies in order to get money to buy menstrual products. Monica plans to continue educating her friends, family, and the community about the real existence of both period poverty and human trafficking. Monica hopes that with her actions and involvement with Fulfilling Destiny and other organizations, she can encourage everyone she interacts with to live everyday with love.

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples”. – St. Teresa of Calcutta

Bridget Daffron was born and raised in Garland, Texas. She is a graduate of Texas A&M Commerce with a B.S. (2004) in Psychology and a minor in counseling. She completed her M.A. (2014) in Counseling from the University of the Southwest. Constantly engaged with raising her four wonderful children and supporting her Active Duty husband, Bridget has been involved with volunteer opportunities in each of their 9 different duty stations. Most of her early volunteer work has been centered around each of her children’s schools. She is a co-founder of R.I.S.E (Realizing Individual Self-worth and Empowerment), an educational initiative that promotes and empowers under-represented students. She started volunteering with Fulfilling Destiny in 2019 and has been an avid and active member since. Bridget became one of the San Diego Region Directors in 2021.