Shelby Knox

Shelby Knox was raised in a Southern Baptist family in Lubbock, Texas, where at fifteen she led a campaign to replace her high school’s abstinence-only curricula with medically accurate comprehensive sex education after realizing the programs were ineffective in preventing rising teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection rates among her peers. Using the film that chronicled her experience, The Education of Shelby Knox, as a vehicle for discussion, Shelby travels across the country fostering community discussion amongst young people, parents, and educators about comprehensive sex education and youth activism. She regularly comments as a youth sex education expert in the national media and has appeared on The Today Show, The Dr. Phil Show, and PBS’ Now, as well as in Newsweek, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. Her blogs on sexual health and feminism are featured regularly on the Huffington Post.