Mikayla Hooper is the Education & Outreach Coordinator at the UNLV Jean Nidetch Care Center and an advocate for social justice. Mikayla is a first-generation graduate from UNLV, where she received her Bachelors in Human Services. Mikayla discovered her passion in advocacy and anti-violence work in 2019, after becoming a CARE Advocate at the CARE Center. Mikayla inspires to bring awareness around anti-violence and healing to the community overall. Mikayla hopes to one day provide comprehensive sex education through an intersectional lens and create nonjudgmental and compassionate spaces to learn and communicate about sex.

When Mikayla is not at work, she is also a professional photographer and loves having this as a creative outlet. Her favorite things to do are travel, experience new adventures and cultures, and watch movies with her partner and puppy ethel by her side.