Chella Quint OBE is an educator, author, performer and artist-researcher working at the intersection of health, culture and communication. She coined the term “period positive” in 2006 and founded the Period Positive movement. She is the author of Own Your Period and Be Period Positive - books enjoyed by parents, teachers and young people, and widely used across education and public health in the UK and in translation.

A former head of PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic education) in a Sheffield secondary school, Chella now works across culture, policy and clinical education, supporting clinicians, schools and organisations to strengthen practical, inclusive menstrual literacy training and patient conversations across the menstrual span.

Alongside five-star Edinburgh Fringe shows and regular work in science communication and professional training, she brings a creative, audience-aware approach to stigmatised and emotionally loaded health topics. Her art and design practice spans installation, graphic design, ad-busting and zines, and often draws on the history of menstrual product advertising as a route into unpacking shame, agency, and the stories we inherit.

She is currently completing a funded PhD in Art and Design at Sheffield Hallam University’s Lab4Living, exploring design-led methods for sharing intergenerational menarche-to-menopause narratives and building community resources.

In 2024, she was named to the Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 and appointed an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to education and menstrual literacy.