Michelle Hope is not your average Sexologist.
Michelle Hope is a dedicated Sexologist, educator and activist with a Master’s degree in Human Development and extensive post-graduate training in sexuality. As a veteran speaker, Michelle has over 15 years of experience delivering impactful informative lectures and training across the nation. She believes as though her work, in marginalized urban communities, has provided her with deep insight and comprehension of the holistic implications of sexuality on one’s life.
Michelle has dedicated her career to understanding and communicating to the masses the complex intersections of various social identities: race, class, gender, and sexual orientation, through a Reproductive Justice lens. She has taken deliberate actions in exploring and developing a unique language to speak to communities of color. Michelle feels as though her experience in working with marginalized urban communities, and understanding holistic sexuality has shaped her perspectives on the direct connections between sexuality and generational poverty in those communities. Her passion and commitment to the work have provided her with a unique style that has the ability to captivate and educate across various populations; with a proven track record of developing, implementing and evaluating dynamic and creative programming for individuals. Over the course of her career, the programs she’s developed have been facilitated on a local and national level. She has worked with the Harlem Children's Zone, Community Health Network, New York City Department of Hygiene and Mental Health’s Community Engagement Committee, Phoenix House, Pacific Oaks College, among many others.
An award-winning, passionate “edu-tainer”, Michelle combines her love of pop culture, entertainment, and sexuality into events and media content that educate and motivate. It has been Michelle’s goal to reach the masses to engage in real, raw and unapologetic conversations about sexuality. If you have questions about sexual issues that hinder your personal progress, she has answers: non-judgmental real talk.
Her sexual education seminars, lectures and workshops educate individuals on safe sexual practices and prevention, including but not limited to therapeutic alliances dealing with trauma, reproductive justice, youth rights, LBGT-Q inclusivity, parenting skills, creating safe spaces and healthy relationships. In the media, Michelle has appeared on Power105s The Breakfast Club, Roland Martin Unfiltered, BET Black Coffee , Dr. Brenda Wade's Modern Love, Lip Service, Brilliant Idiots, and many others.