Arisa Dhiensiri is thrilled to return to the California Women’s Law Center.

She is currently pursuing a Master of Public Health with a concentration in Health Policy at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. She also serves as the Co-President of the Reproductive Health Interest Group at UCLA and the Policy and Practice Coordinator with the UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent. Arisa interned at the UCLA Law Center for Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy, where she contributed to policy briefs and research examining the impacts of the Dobbs decision on OB-GYN resident training and minors’ access to reproductive health services.

Prior to her graduate studies, she worked at the California Women’s Law Center and Time’s Up, assisting legal, programmatic, and policy efforts to combat gender discrimination in areas such as reproductive rights, domestic and sexual violence, and workplace harassment. She also served as a Reproductive Health Rights and Justice Policy Fellow at the Women’s Foundation of California, where she drafted and co-sponsored Assembly Bill 957 (Asm. Wilson). Arisa is passionate about synthesizing her interests in women’s justice, healthcare, and policy advocacy to uplift vulnerable communities.