For over 20 years, Charlea has co-taught a women’s health lecture series at Stanford University Medical School that introduces medical students to the psychological, social, political, cultural and spiritual aspects of women’s health. Charlea is a co-founder and current President of the American College of Women’s Health Physicians. Charlea began volunteering with NWHN several years before she was elected to the board. She is a co-author of NWHN’s book, The Truth About Hormone Replacement Therapy, co-writer of the “Rx for Change” column in the NWHN newsletter, and was on the planning committee for the Women’s Health and Justice for All conference at UC Santa Cruz in March 2010.