Social work professor Michele Rountree believes in bringing culturally tailored services to people right where they are to reduce health disparities. That’s why she is a founding member of the Center for Health Empowerment (CHE), a nonprofit that has recently opened in East Austin to improve the sexual health of underserved populations.
CHE provides access to an anti-HIV medication — PrEP, or Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis — that is highly effective to prevent infection when taken once daily.