In the film, "With Love, Labor, Loss, EngenderHealth Campaigns Against Fistula, " Erika Sinclair recounts her observations of the horrific impact of obstetric fistula on women in Niger (West Africa) and the program of action which EngenderHealth has undertaken to improve their prospects for productive lives.

Erika Sinclair was a Program Associate with the Maternity Care Program for EngenderHealth 2002 - 2006. In that role she:

• Conducted first ever hospital-based needs assessment study of obstetric fistula repair services in nine African countries, managing on-the-ground work in four countries; findings laid the groundwork for the Global Campaign to End Fistula
• Designed, implemented, and monitored a project for the prevention and treatment of obstetric fistula in Niger
• Co-developed a draft training curriculum to improve the quality of counseling skills for health care providers.

Ms. Sinclair is currently pursuing training to become a midwife.
She is a 1996 graduate Summa Cum Laude from Spelman College (Atlanta, GA) and was certificated in 2002 by Mills College (Oakland, CA) in their Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program. Prior to joining EngenderHealth she was a College Health Program Student Assistant at Mills College and an active volunteer health worker at Women's Choice Clinic, also in Oakland.