About
MyHealth MyLife
Advancing prevention-focused health education through community engagement, partnerships, and culturally informed resources.
Our Story
MyHealthMyLife began with a moment I couldn’t ignore.
Too many teens were navigating the most important questions of their lives completely alone. So before we built anything, we listened. What we heard was clear: young people needed a space to learn, ask hard questions, and feel supported without judgment.
Today we offer educational programs, peer mentoring, parent workshops, and youth leadership opportunities, partnering with schools, churches, clinics, and community organizations to meet teens where they already are.
Our Vision
Everyone deserves honest information about their health. Too often, especially where conversations about the body and sexuality feel taboo, young people and families are left without guidance. That gap has real consequences, and MyHealthMyLife exists to close it by making culturally relevant health education accessible to youth, women, and families in the United States and across Africa.
We Believe
- Knowledge is a right, not a privilege.
- Body autonomy begins with understanding your own health.
- Honest conversation replaces shame with confidence.
- Parents and teens both need tools to navigate these conversations together.
- Education works best when it honors culture, community, and lived experience.
The Need
Cervical cancer is preventable, yet it keeps taking lives in communities where screening is hard to access, and healthcare rarely feels culturally safe. When a woman doesn’t get screened, it’s because no one made it accessible or showed up in her language and culture. Health education is prevention. That’s the gap we exist to close.
Clotilde Monguya, MD, MPH
International Health Diplomat, Advocate
& Social Entrepreneur
What sets her apart is the range. She moves comfortably between government ministries and grassroots organizations, between boardrooms and rural clinics — always focused on the same underlying question: how do you actually get resources and systems to the people who need them? Her work in healthcare delivery spans Belgium and Sub-Saharan Africa, where she has developed and funded initiatives in both urban centers and underserved communities far off the beaten path.
Gender equity and community empowerment aren’t just causes Dr. Monguya champions — they shape how she works. She trains healthcare and social workers, mentors emerging leaders, and speaks publicly in ways that are as much about transferring knowledge as they are about advocacy.
She is fluent in French, Lingala, and English, which reflects something deeper than language skills — a life shaped by multiple cultures, and a genuine ease navigating them.
In 2023, she received the United States President’s Volunteer Service Award, one of several recognitions of her humanitarian work. Outside of her professional life, she’s a mother of two, a reader, a traveler, and someone who finds as much meaning in showing up for a community as in any formal credential.
Our Approach
Partnership & Collaboration
We work with healthcare professionals, educators, and community leaders to ensure that education efforts reflect real community needs.
Community-Centered Education
We prioritize prevention, early detection, and culturally respectful communication.
Global Perspective
Our work aligns with global public health guidance emphasizing prevention and equitable access to care.
Our Commitment
We are committed to:
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Prevention-focused health education
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Cultural respect and inclusivity
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Responsible stewardship and transparency
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Community-driven impact
