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Penn employee opens ‘Grab-N-Flow’ shed with free menstruation products for community

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“Aragoncillo works as a clinical research coordinator in family planning at Penn Medicine, a job that opened her eyes to discrepancies in her own neighborhood.

‘Quite a few of those communities are communities that are historically underserved, communities that have very limited and kind of horrific access to healthcare,’ said Aragoncillo.

She decided to bring her work home with her and opened the shed last February.

‘It started as ‘this is going to go as long as I can keep it stocked’ and the outpouring from the community has been incredible,’ said Aragoncillo.”

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