Nadya Okamoto wants fair pricing for essential body products.

21-year-old Nadya Okamoto says “a period is just a natural bodily function.” Based on this premise, Okamoto has started a movement through her organization called “PERIOD,” wherein she makes it a point to help women find affordable access to feminine hygiene products.

After discovering that 40 states taxed period products and categorized them as “luxury items,” Okamoto took it upon herself to change the stigma surrounding periods. That’s when she decided to take action.

Okamoto says she got her start by going up to strangers and telling them that they should be “period warriors.” In her own words, “The Menstrual Movement is the fight for equitable access to menstrual hygiene and breaking down the stigma around periods.”

Right now, her organization has been grouped into teams. As the founder and executive director of PERIOD, Okamoto encourages each team to take action so that the number of women who can’t afford these feminine products will be greatly reduced.

“PERIOD is a global youth-run NGO that is fighting to end period poverty and period stigma through service, education and advocacy,” said Okamoto. “Periods are powerful, periods are natural, and make human life possible.”

Okamoto says she is so passionate about this issue because unlike many issues related to poverty, she believes this one is solvable.