Meet the students who just made life easier for every girl in Dallas ISD
They wondered why tampons and pads were not available for free to students in school bathrooms. So, they lobbied the district and got policy changed. Author: Teresa Woodard Updated: 10:03 PM CDT May 6, 2021
DALLAS It’s a fact of life.
Girls get their periods.
It causes anxiety and embarrassment and nobody likes to talk about it.
“I will get my period all of a sudden and I struggle a lot,” said Jeorgina Gonzalez, a senior at Dallas’s Skyline High School.
“You go to the restroom and you have to ask someone like, ‘Oh, do you have a menstrual product I can use?’ And they’re like, ‘I don’t have one because I’m not in my days.’”