Larada Lee-Wallace
Larada Lee-Wallace is an Ohio-born and raised storyteller, writer, reproductive justice practitioner, and advocate committed to decentering white pathology in sexual and reproductive health narratives. As an abortion storyteller and abortion doula, Larada draws from her own multiple abortion experiences to write with honesty and clarity about navigating health care as a Black American and about the broader systems that shape reproductive freedom.
Her writing has appeared on NPR’s It’s Been a Minute and BBC News, and in publications including The Nation, Essence, Elle, Teen Vogue, Rewire News Group, and the UCLA Journal of Gender and Law. In her Essence essay, What My Grandmother’s Death Taught Me About Black Women and HIV Stigma, Larada reflects on her grandmother’s life to examine how racism, stigma, and medical neglect continue to shape Black women’s health outcomes. She is also the curator and editor of Bloom How We Choose: Black Self-Managed Abortion Stories, a printed storytelling collection centering Black voices and abortion autonomy. Across her body of work, Larada uplifts abortion stories too often erased or pathologized—particularly those about self-managed abortion—centering Black resilience, truth-telling, and autonomy.
In her day-to-day work, Larada supports young people and college-age students as they build power through storytelling, campaign design, and advocacy. She develops abortion-centered campaigns, teaches inclusive sex education practices, and creates trainings on self-managed abortion, equipping communities with the knowledge and resources to safely and confidently care for themselves and others. She also writes historically grounded analyses that connect reproductive justice struggles to the larger fight for Black liberation.
Grounded in the belief that storytelling is both a tool for cultural transformation and a practice of collective care, Larada envisions a future where communities most impacted by reproductive injustice define health care, healing, and freedom on their own terms.