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Paige Passano is co-Lead for Research and Training for OASIS, a non-profit organization working to expand education and choice for women and girls in the Sahel. She holds an MPH in International Public Health from the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Since 2007, she has been affiliated with the Bixby Center for Population, Health & Sustainability at UC Berkeley, working to expand women’s and girls’ autonomy, reduce maternal mortality, and increase access to reproductive health services. From 2016 to 2019 she directed OASIS’ Sahel Leadership Program (SLP) which trains and networks West African development professionals from five francophone Sahel countries.  She is a founding member of the Elles du Sahel, an regional advocacy network with members in Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Mauritania that is working to amplify the voices of female leaders in critical decisions that affect current and future generations.