Sex educator, Erica Smith Education and Consulting, Pennsylvania, US

“I approach sex education through a social justice lens. The cornerstone of my work is the belief that access to compassionate, evidence-based, comprehensive sexuality education is a key component to wellness and equality for all.”

Areas of expertise

Purity culture recovery
Comprehensive sexual education
Sexual education for young people
LGBTQ+ youth
Sexual health of justice-involved youth

“Sex education is a lot about unlearning what we’ve learned in the past to feel comfortable exploring our own sexuality in a way that feels best for us. At Flo, I really enjoy being able to reach even more young people and adults worldwide with powerful sex-positive education.”

— Erica Smith, MEd

Areas of expertise

Purity culture recovery
Comprehensive sexual education
Sexual education for young people
LGBTQ+ youth
Sexual health of justice-involved youth

— Erica Smith, MEd

Career

Erica Smith Education and Consulting, LLC – Owner, since 2019
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia – Coleader of the Adolescent Initiative Juvenile Justice Program, 2002–2019

Education

Widener University, Center for Human Sexuality Studies – Master of Education, 2007
University of New Orleans – Graduate work in human sexuality education, summer seminars in gender and sexuality at Charles University in Prague, 2004
Penn State University – Bachelor of Arts in women’s studies, 2001

Awards and achievements