Milly Dawson

With decades of experience serving organizations and media outlets that promote health, Milly Dawson brings passion, energy, and precision to conveying ideas with accuracy, elegance, and humor. She has written for various websites and publications, including Good Housekeeping, Woman's Day, Yoga Journal, Scientific American, Healthgrades, Arthritis Today, and the Health Behavior News Service.

For Dawson, the topic of health is a wide umbrella. It includes feeling connected, being part of a caring community, and having opportunities to express one’s gifts and interests. She brings an international perspective to public health issues, having served as a foreign service officer with the United States Information Agency.

She has master's degrees in psychology and public health, and is an advanced Toastmaster at the silver level. She volunteers with the New Image Youth Center in Orlando, Florida, and the League of Women Voters of Orange County, Florida.

• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Biology as well as Psychology and Art History, Wellesley College, Massachusetts
• Master of Science (M.S.) in Psychology, Tufts University, Massachusetts
• Master of Science in Public Health (M.P.H.), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore
  

• National Institute for Health Care Management grant to write an article for Everyday Health on how stigma compromises mental and physical health for queer youth, 2018
• Student award and grant from the Environmental Section of the American Public Health Association to attend the annual meeting, 2011
• Commendation, Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs for the book Over Here, It's Different

• Member, American Society of Journalists and Authors

• Bipolar’s Quest for Sleep: Problems and Solutions. BPHope.com. August 24, 2023.
• Lay That Burden Down. Yoga Journal. September 2021.