Jane Maxwell holds a master's degree in public health, and has additional training in both medical anthropology and journalism. Jane has worked in community-based health care settings in Mexico, Nepal, several countries in Africa, and with under-served urban communities in the United States.She is the Women's Health Editor at Hesperian Health Guides, and has supervised or contributed to several of its books, including Where There Is No Doctor, Where Women Have no Doctor, A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities, and the forthcoming Women's Action Guide for Health.She is a long-time volunteer at the Berkeley Free Clinic, and active in the worldwide disabled rights community.