Dr. Francine Naputi is an Assistant Professor of Health Sciences and CHamoru Studies at the University of Guam, where her research is dedicated to incorporating indigenous sexual health epistemologies into reproductive health discussion as well as education resources for indigenous youth in the Pacific. Dr. Naputi’s work centers on creating culturally grounded sex education curricula tailored for indigenous youth in her island home of Guam and the broader Micronesian region, where communities are highly religious and sexually conservative. The resources she seeks to create during the award period will be grounded in indigenous values, such as arespeta (mutual respect), and will integrate cultural frameworks and counterstories that will promote more open, inclusive, and stigma-free discussions about contraception, consent, relationship development, and communication. Dr. Naputi’s prior work includes a successful pilot of the 2023 Empower Camp, where over 40 young people engaged with adapted culturally-tailored and age-appropriate sexual health content. With support from the Changemakers in Family Planning grant, she will continue developing the curriculum and contribute to scholarship on culturally rooted sexual health pedagogies in conservative environments. Dr. Naputi’s work exemplifies how community-centered, culturally grounded approaches can transform sexual health education and foster greater equity in family planning conversations across marginalized communities.