Alicia Roth Weigel
- Alicia Roth Weigel is an author and activist working to improve healthcare and facilitate embodied autonomy through her firm Intrepida Strategy. She is best known for her advocacy for the rights of intersex people like her, from pushing municipalities to condemn nonconsensual surgeries on intersex children to launching the nation's first-ever dedicated intersex health program for adult patients in Kind Clinics throughout Texas. Alicia’s leadership in the intersex movement is featured in a film directed by Julie Cohen (of the RBG documentary), Every Body, and a book published by Harper Collins, Inverse Cowgirl. It has also garnered her various White House invitations and numerous awards, including recent inclusion in Out Magazine's "Out 100" and the Austin Under 40. Alicia serves on the City of Austin’s Human Rights Commission, the Community Advisory Board for Texas Health Action and the Health Equity Policy Council for Central Health—a taxing entity that provides healthcare to low income Central Texans. In these roles, she she has helped draft and pass policy to reduce sexual assault and human trafficking, mandate paid sick leave and abortion funding, and target other social determinants of health at the local, state and federal levels. Her former work as employee #1 at Deeds Not Words—founded by the filibustering feminist icon Wendy Davis—led to the adoption of various state-level laws and city ordinances. In this role, Alicia traveled the country to speak on panels and at conferences, to lead corporate workshops in gender equity (Google, Facebook, etc.) and to train hundreds of high school and college students in legislative advocacy. She has also run various political campaigns at the municipal to federal levels, to increase representation of marginalized communities in public office and to expand healthcare access in Texas and Georgia. Prior to moving to Texas, Alicia held various roles in international marketing at grassroots organizations and for-profit businesses in Brazil, Angola, South Africa, and throughout the US. She holds a B.A. from Cornell University, where she studied Development Economics and Latin American Studies. Above all, Alicia is committed to fostering intersectional advocacy toward body autonomy and culturally-competent healthcare for all human beings. She has written for the New York Times and Time Magazine, has been interviewed by NPR's Terry Gross and the Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart, and has been featured in the Daily Mail, Forbes, and more. Alicia lives in Austin, Texas, with her chihuahua Chiquita.
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