River Huston is a sex educator and college speaker, as well as an award winning poet, journalist, performer and activist. She travels throughout the United States speaking at colleges, conferences, corporate events on issues related to communication, self-esteem and overcoming challenges.
She has been featured on Good Morning America, Showtime, NBC, Nightline and CNN. She has a degree in Physical Education and Music from Hunter College and was awarded an honorary Doctorate from Albright College for her work in the community. River was given the Dorthea Lange/ Paul Taylor award for her book A Positive Life: Portraits Of Women Living With HIV and is the creator of Goddess: A New Guide to Feminine Wisdom. In 1995, she was named Poet Laureate of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and is the author of three books of poetry. She was honored with the Karen Sofield Award for AIDS Awareness, William Patterson Recognition Award for AIDS Awareness and Hyacinth AIDS Foundation Contribution Award for 10 years of service. In 2009 she was the recipient of the Leeway Transformation Award in recognition of her work over the past two decades. River currently lives along the Delaware River in a small town in Pennsylvania.
River Huston is a NCAA Speaker. Additional information about the NCAA Health and Safety Speakers Grant, including the grant guidelines and a checklist to assist in making the most of your event, is located at www.ncaa.org/health-safety, click on "H & S Speaker Grants".
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