Jacqueline Cruz-Rodríguez

With 20+ years leading community health programs, I specialize in sexual and reproductive health, maternal and child health, gender equity, and social justice consulting and training. I design and manage innovative, grassroots initiatives that close gaps in care, support underserved communities, and advance perinatal loss care, accompaniment, and abortion rights. As a transformational leader, I develop teams, foster inclusive environments, and drive programs that improve public health outcomes-all while centering people, joy, and accessibility.

• Certified Childbirth Educator, Lactation Consultant, and Midwifery Certification (MMCI)
• CMCH, Certificación en Educadora en Salud Materno infantil y DEM, Partería en Comunidades Aisladas (Escuela Dar a Luz)
• Sexual Human Rights Certification (DECEP)
• Sexology Certification (SHA)
• Movement Trauma Healer Certification (TRACC4Movements)
• Incidencia Política y Abogacía Nacional y Regional por los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos de las Mujeres (UPR)
• Protocolo de Violencia de Género en el Centro de Trabajo (Oficina de Procuradora de Mujeres de Puerto Rico)
• Derechos de las Mujeres con Impedimentos ante la Violencia Doméstica y la Agresión Sexual (Coordinadora Paz Mujer)
• Política Pública, Derechos Humanos y Aspectos Legales de la Sexualidad (UPR)
• Mujer Inmigrante y la Violencia Sexual: Aspectos Legales y Psicológicos (Coordinadora Paz Mujer)
• Anticoncepción de Emergencia en Puerto Rico: Perspectivas Clínicas, Legales y de Servicio (Recinto de Ciencias Médicas UPR)
• Acecho, Violencia en el Noviazgo y Violencia Sexual en el Ámbito Universitario (UPR)

• The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT)
• The Sexual Health Alliance (SHA)

• Played a pivotal role in launching and strengthening startup reproductive health clinics, including carafem and Midwest Reproductive Health Care, by building operational systems, training staff, and ensuring client-centered models of abortion and reproductive health care.
• Disaster Response & Health Mentor Training: After Hurricane María in Puerto Rico, trained and mobilized community health mentors to provide reproductive, maternal, and sexual health support in regions with limited access to care—building local capacity and resilience in the aftermath of crisis.
• Strengthened Maternal Health Programs: At Alivio Medical Center, enhanced maternal health services by developing culturally responsive programming, training staff in trauma-informed care, and expanding access for immigrant and underserved populations.
• Grant Development & Fundraising Success: Secured significant funding through grant writing, outcome-based reporting, and capital improvement proposals, directly supporting safety, training, and expanded clinical services in abortion and reproductive health care.
• Expanded Access to Reproductive Healthcare: As Executive Director of Operations at Rockford Family Planning Foundation, successfully scaled services to meet rising community demand, overseeing a 50% increase in clients within five months while strengthening safety infrastructure, Medicaid acceptance, and staff capacity.
• Innovated Community-Based Care Models: Founded Montuna LLC, a holistic reproductive health practice that blends traditional midwifery, Santiguadería, and modern health education to provide culturally rooted support across the full spectrum of reproductive experiences—from fertility to pregnancy, postpartum, and loss.
• Leadership in Inclusive, Trauma-Informed Care: Directed operations and programming at nationally recognized reproductive health organizations (Chicago Women’s Health Center, carafem, PCC Wellness, Alivio Medical Center), consistently advancing inclusive, trauma-informed frameworks that centered LGBTQ+, immigrant, and marginalized communities.