Hi! I'm Erica.
My pronouns are she/her/hers.
I’m a COVID-cautious, neurodivergent, and dynamically-disabled Certified Fertility Awareness Educator and Reproductive Health Educator, National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, ICF Associate Certified Coach, and ADAPT Certified Functional Health Coach. Living with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) and Dysautonomia has required me to continually adapt my life, goals, and expectations.
By necessity, those of us with chronic illness and disability, especially with PMDD, become experts at recognizing and reading the bodily signs and symptoms that many doctors overlook and even dismiss. While this process can be frustrating, it’s given me a deep sense of empowered ownership and respect for my body. When it was time to choose a new type of birth control for myself—a non-hormonal option that wouldn’t exacerbate my conditions—the symptothermal fertility awareness method (FAM) was a natural fit.
But FAM has given me so much more than birth control! I get real-time insights into my body’s inner workings, helping me make informed choices and navigate life with chronic illness. It offers clues about underlying issues with hormones, digestion, and more—like a monthly report card, which has been incredibly empowering.
Fertility awareness isn’t just for avoiding pregnancy or trying to conceive—though it excels in both areas. FAM has deepened my body literacy, allowing me to understand how my cycle intersects with my chronic conditions. This self-knowledge enables me to adjust my lifestyle and habits in ways that support my health.
It’s my mission to build a fertility awareness space specifically for disabled and chronically ill folks. We have unique concerns, needs, learning styles, and levels of capacity that many health coaches or FAM educators are not aware of or understand, and are not equipped to address.
I aim to co-create a supportive environment where we can explore the inner workings of our bodies and reproductive health in an affirming, self-directed, and empowering way. We are the experts of what it’s like to live in our unique, individual bodies with our unique, individual conditions. Let’s take it one step further with body literacy!
Professional bio
Erica Evans (she/her) is a COVID-cautious Certified Fertility Awareness Educator, National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, ICF Associate Certified Coach, and ADAPT Certified Functional Health Coach. Living with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, PMDD, and Dysautonomia, Erica understands the complexities of chronic illness and disability.
As founder of the Body Literacy Academy, she leverages her expertise in the symptothermal fertility awareness method (FAM) for contraception and conception, as well as to help individuals track health patterns and identify symptoms. She is dedicated to empowering people, including those with chronic conditions, to gain autonomy over their health and live with confidence.
Erica lives in New York with her family and loves big belly laughs around the kitchen table more than anything else in the whole world.
Education and Affiliations
- The Nurture Revolution Professional Certification—Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum and Rocio Zunini (expected 2025)
- Parental Brain Professional Certification—Newborn Parents, Rocio Zunini (expected 2025)
- Associate Certified Coach and Member—International Coaching Federation (2023)
- Co-founder and Co-organizer—Tompkins Cortland Masked Activity Collective (2023)
- Member—International Association for Premenstrual Disorders (2022)
- All Pregnant People: Trans Birth Basics Certificate—Collaborate Consulting, Trystan Reese (2022)
- Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss Certificate—The Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath, and Death, Joanne Zerdy, PhD (2022)
- Certified Fertility Awareness Educator and Reproductive and Sexual Health Educator—The Well School of Body Literacy, Sarah Bly (2021)
- Founding Member—Center for Body Literacy (2021)
- Accredited FAE and Member—Association of Fertility Awareness Professionals (2021)
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate—University of South Florida (2021)
- National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach—National Board of Health and Wellness Coaaching (2020)
- ADAPT Certified Functional Health Coach—Kresser Institute (2020)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre/Design Technology with a concentration in Costume Design—Conservatory of Theatre Arts and Film, State University of New York at Purchase (2010)